Gibraltar: 39 drowned while Frontex and military Units were present
On Tuesday the 27th of October 54 or 55 refugees and migrants departed
from El Hoceima (Morocco) to Andalusia (Spain). The next day (Wednesday
the 28th) the boat was floating in the strait of Gibraltar with a failed
engine. The same day activists communicated the SOS signal to the
responsible rescue center. The boat sunk in the night from Wednesday to
Thursday, and was localized by the Frontex airplane Condor 2 on
Thursday. It was located 39 sea miles to the northeast of El Hoceima and
52 sea miles off the coast of Malaga. An international military maneuver
took place in the immediate vicinity. Columbian units discovered the
first bodies. LaterPortuguese andIcelandicNavy vessels showed up at the
location of the disaster. So far, four dead people were pulled out of
the sea. Still 35 persons are missing, among them at least two babies
and pregnant women.
Why did the Spanish rescue forces not take immediate action after
receiving the SOS signal or even afterthe confirmed localization on
Thursday by Frontex?
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http://ffm-online.org/2015/10/30/gibraltar-39-ertrunken-unter-praesenz-von-frontex-und-militaers/
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