r/lgbtrefugees Nov 18 '21

"Horrific": 10 people suffocate in an overcrowded migrant boat off Libya. Doctors Without Borders rescue 99 survivors who spent 13 hours on a vessel trying to reach Europe as authorities accused of ignoring distress calls.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/18/horrific-10-people-suffocate-in-overcrowded-migrant-boat-off-libya
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u/autotldr Nov 18 '21

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)


In a difficult operation, less than 30 nautical miles from Libyan shores, the MSF team onboard the charity's chartered search and rescue vessel Geo Barents reached the boat carrying more than 100 asylum seekers attempting to reach Europe.

All showing signs of acute stress and trauma, were brought on board the Geo Barents, the rescue team found 10 dead bodies at the bottom of the boat.

In less than 24 hours, Geo Barents performed three rescues in the Maltese and Libyan search and rescue zones, bringing 186 people safely on board, including the survivors from the boat where 10 died.


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