And they only die because we, in the EU, forbid them to use "normal" transportation methods like bus transfer, ferries or planes.
Or rather, we made it so that the transportation companies would have to pay for their accomodation during the asylum process, so they simply refuse to take those people and we just watch them drown in shitty boats.
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Probably wouldn't be a very practical way to go from Tunesia to Italy anyway.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Italian news agency ANSA and RAI television cited survivors who said the vessel had set sail from the Tunisian city of Sfax to Italy.
Four survivors were rescued by a Maltese cargo ship and taken to Lampedusa by the Italian coastguard and were reportedly in a state of shock, according to authorities.
The survivors, three men and a woman from Ivory Coast and Guinea, said that 45 people had been on board, including three children.
The vessel reportedly set off last Thursday and traveled for around six hours before it was capsized by a large wave.
This represents an increase of more than double in comparison to the same time period last year.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), almost 28,000 people have gone missing trying to cross the sea since 2014.
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They need to go after whatever the Euro equivalent of Coyotes is. Fucking scum of the Earth.
Who is "they" ?
The Euro equilivant of border patrol. Maybe even interpol. The coyotes are killing people.
the trafficers (in the cases of the boats) operate out of the departing coasts (probably Tunesia in this case, but generaly northern african States/Turkey). "They" (Frontex) don't have juristiction there.
"They" (The EU as a whole, more specifically the Comission I would guess) have struck deals and basically pay local authorities to somewhat keep migration in check thought. Particularly famous cases of that are Turkey and Tunesia. This method has (rightfully) been wideley criticised as booth are autocratic countries with massive human rights violations and paying them legitimizes them, gives them leverage over the EU and props up undemocratic regimes and their security aperatus in particular (as the money is often intended for border-Patrol equipment and such).
A better solution would be to enable safe and legal ways for imimigration and more immediatly to strengthen sea-rescue instead of weakening it.
Thing is, there are safe and legsl ways. They just (rightfully) limit the number of immigrants per year. The system is in place, the traffickers just break the law for a quick buck.
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