Maltese authorities, according to media reports, ordered the ships not to carry out rescue work. The migrants reported that the captain had abandoned the ship and that the lower deck was full of water.
Between Greece and Malta, a ship with 400 Libyan migrants capsized and began to sink. On Sunday, April 9, Reuters reports.
It was noted that the volunteer project to save people at sea Alarm Phone said it received a call from a boat that left Tobruk in Libya at night. The migrants said they had told the authorities, but they still haven’t launched a rescue operation. The boat is now in Malta’s search and rescue zone.
Meanwhile, German NGO Sea-Watch International said they saw a boat with two merchant ships nearby. The organization said that the Maltese authorities ordered the ships not to carry out rescue work and that one of them was only asked to provide fuel.
The Alarm Phone noticed that people on board began to panic. Some of them needed medical attention, they said.
Migrants also reported that the captain had left and there was no one to drive the boat, and that the ship had run out of fuel and the lower deck was full of water.
It will be remembered that in February a ship with migrants sank in Italy, killing 62 people.
Earlier in Bulgaria found a car with 18 corpses. The police assumed they were illegal migrants.
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Source: korrespondent
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