Only 9 of 72 people on a refugee boat survived their odyssey on the mediteranian sea despite alarms being raised with the Italian coastguard and the boat making contact with a military helicopter and a Nato warship. Still, no rescue effort was attempted.
Read the full article in The Guardian.
The increasing number of "accidents" like these raise the question to what extend european nations deliberately hazard the lifes of men, women and children that try to cross european borders.
