Migrant boat disaster branded “mass murder” as hundreds of Africans feared dead Greek authorities accused of failing to answer distress calls for several hours, just days after EU tighten 'Fortress Europe' restrictions
Greek authorities accused of failing to answer distress calls for several hours, just days after EU tighten"Fortress Europe" restrictionsHUNDREDS OF Black African migrants may have died when their boat sank, according to new estimates of the death toll off the coast of Greece.
A sizable proportion of the migrants are believed to be Black migrants from west and east Africa. Other passengers travelled from Afghanistan, Syria and Palestine. Greece and Italy, currently ruled by the Far Right, have been ramping up anti-migrant rhetoric this year, and taking an increasingly hardline in dealing with incoming boats.Human rights campaigners attacked the ‘Fortress Europe’ policies of a number of EU states, which echoes the actions of Britain in the English channel.in June last year, when troops on the Spanish-owned migrant camp in Morocco killed 37 people trying to escape.
“We express our condolences to the relatives of the dead who unjustly lost their loved ones because of the EU’s racist policies.
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