Seven dead in Canary Islands migrant boat tradgedy – Famagusta Gazette

At least one dead, dozens rescued as migrant boat crossing Channel from France capsizes

At least one person died and around 50 were rescued after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France capsized early on Saturday, the local maritime prefecture said.

Reuters
The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis: A Call for Global Action

Listen to this episode from The Geopolitical Puzzle on Spotify. Welcome to a new episode of The Geopolitical Puzzle. This year UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed alarm at the precarious situation of asylum-seekers and migrants attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean and called for concerted efforts to ensure their swift rescue and dignified, effective, and thorough processing at a safe location. Since 2014 over 26,000 people have died or gone missing crossing the Mediterranean, including over 20,000 along the Central Mediterranean route, and it is considered among the most dangerous migration routes in the world. For this new episode, my guest is Clint Azzopardi Flores. Clint Azzopardi Flores is an economist from Malta. He has worked in Brussels, Belgium, representing the Maltese Government in the EU. In 2018, Azzopardi Flores was appointed Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, where he held the position for four years. During his tenure, he witnessed different crises, including the Libyan and Syrian crises, the negotiations of the European Peace Facility, and the negotiations of the new Military Mission Operation Irini. In this episode, we discuss the geopolitical implications of the Mediterranean Sea migrant crisis. Sources used in this conversation: Borrell’s oversleeping child Irini UN News InfoMingrants Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo Production: Podcast and Business Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music

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Why is everyone talking about the mini sub wreck, but not the 500 migrants wreck?
Because the former invites us to judge others for their privilege… and the latter suggests we should think about our own. #titanicsub #migrantboat
Peter Schrank: Few could have missed the bitter irony over the excessive amount of attention paid to the #titanicsubmersible versus the sinking of a #MigrantBoat in Greece. #TitanicRescue #OceanGateSub #migrantcrisis - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Important statistics of #MigrantBoat disasters in 2023:

• Number of billionaires lost: 0
• Number of nations involved in the rescue: 0
• Number of space, air, land, and sea national assets deployed: 0
• Number of rear admirals present on scene: 0
• Number of news outlets present on scene: 0
• Number of days of continuous news coverage: 0
• Number of social media outpouring of sympathy: 0
• Number of migrant lives lost: who knows, who cares

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65967464

Highly recommended~

The Swimmers

(From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8745676/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

#TheSwimmers #refugees #SyrianRefugees #Syria #MigrantBoat #migrants

Die Schwimmerinnen (2022) - IMDb

Die Schwimmerinnen: Directed by Sally El Hosaini. With Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, Manal Issa, Nathalie Issa. From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.

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8 children among 39 rescued from #migrantboat. #sunak expressed sorrow at "tragic loss of human life". #ToryScumOut

Teen among 4 people dead, 4 others still missing. Video - shared by Ben Squire, the owner of the fishing trawler- showed the crew of the fishing boat pulling people up out of the water into the #mfv with ropes. As soon as the individuals on that dinghy saw [our] fishing vessel, many of them started to jump off and swim," #ToriesOut161 #saferoutesnow

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63982143

Sea rescue to resume after migrant boat deaths

Drones will be used to look for people still missing after a boat started sinking in the English Channel.

BBC News