2014 Malta migrant shipwreck

Ship that sank off the coast of Malta, killing around 500 another migrant shipwreck in September 2014 2014 Libya migrant shipwreck A view towards the Mediterranean from Malta.|thumb|200px In September 2014, it was announced by the International Organization for Migration that a ship sank off the Malta coast on September 11, 2014, killing around 500 migrants. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/11096089/More-than-200-feared-dead-after-migrant-boat-sinks-off-Libyan-coast.html The Daily Telegraph More than 200 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast 15 September 2014 15 September 2014 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29210989 Malta boat sinking 'leaves 500 dead' - IOM BBC News 15 September 2014 15 September 2014 There were eleven survivors.31 March 2017 'I had a feeling of death before me': A refugee's survival story of 4 days floating at sea Canadian Broadcasting Corporation https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-march-31-2017-1.4047940/i-had-a-feeling-of-death-before-me-a-refugee-s-survival-story-of-4-days-floating-at-sea-1.4047975Solel Hannah 2017-01-20 A Hope More Powerful than the Sea by Melissa Fleming — on the refugee crisis Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/d3f92c94-dbda-11e6-9d7c-be108f1c1dce 2022-08-21 The ship left Damietta, Egypt, on September 6 and sank five days later on September 11, after being struck by the vessel into which the traffickers had planned to transfer the refugees. Two Palestinian survivors of the wreck accuse the traffickers of intentionally sinking the vessel after the refugees would not agree to transfer to a different ship.500 Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Sinks Off Malta https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/500-feared-dead-migrant-boat-sinks-malta-n203601 NBC 15 September 2014 15 September 2014 The book A Hope More Powerful than the Sea was written by Melissa Fleming about Syrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel's experiences leading up to and during the shipwreck and published by Fleet in 2017. Similar tragedy in 2023 A tragedy on a similar scale occurred on 14 June 2023 in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Pylos, Greece, when a dilapidated and overloaded fishing trawler carrying as many as 750 people capsized and sank, resulting in the drowning death of hundreds of men, women, and children who were asylum seekersen Jullien Maud María Martín Survivors of the shipwreck in the Mediterranean accuse Greek authorities: ‘The Coast Guard towed us at high speed, and we capsized’ El País 19 August 2023 30 June 2023 https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-30/survivors-of-the-shipwreck-in-the-mediterranean-accuse-greek-authorities-the-coast-guard-towed-us-at-high-speed-and-we-capsized.html Greece migrant boat disaster: Mapping a tragedy on coast guard's watch Washington Post 5 July 2023 17 August 2023 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/greece-migrant-boat-coast-guardhttps://www.kathimerini.gr/society/562470988/dimarchos-kalamatas-stin-k-ga-to-nayagio-den-echoyme-xanazisei-tetoia-tragodia/ Ναυάγιο στην Πύλο: "Δεν έχουμε ξαναζήσει τέτοια τραγωδία στη χώρα μας" see Shipwreck in Pylos: "We have never experienced such a tragedy in our country" Kathimerini 15 June 2023 from Pakistan, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. 0028-792X Niarchos Nicolas Why Hundreds Drowned Off the Coast of Greece The New Yorker 19 August 2023 26 June 2023 https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-hundreds-drowned-off-the-coast-of-greece Among the 104 people rescued, there were no women and children. The Hellenic Coast Guard search and rescue operation recovered 92 bodies with 500 considered to be missing and presumed dead.Smith Helena Henley Jon 15 June 2023 Greece refugee shipwreck: rescuers scour sea for survivors The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/15/greece-refugee-shipwreck-rescuers-scour-sea-for-survivors 15 June 2023https://www.amna.gr/home/article/740157/Nauagio-stin-Pulo-Anasurthike-alli-mia-soros---Stous-82-oi-nekroi Ναυάγιο στην Πύλο: Ανασύρθηκε άλλη μία σορός - Στους 82 οι νεκροί Shipwreck in Pylos: Another body recovered - Death toll rises to 82 2023-06-20 2023-06-20 el AMNA See also Timeline of the European migrant crisis Doaa Al Zamel (one of the eleven survivors) References Malta Migrant shipwreck Migrant shipwreck Category:Immigration to Malta Category:Maritime incidents in Malta Category:Transport disasters involving refugees of the Arab Winter Category:Migrant boat disasters in the Mediterranean Sea