HUMAN LIFE IS FORFEIT - SOYLENT GREEN The incident marks the second time in just four days that a vessel loaded with migrants and refugees has been ditched by its crew in the Mediterranean—a body of water that has become a graveyard for those seeking refuge as European countries heighten restrictions while cutting relief for refugees amid skyrocketing displacement. According to statements from Italian Coast Guard Commander Filippo Marini, the abandoned ship, named Ezideen and bearing a Sierra Leone flag, was secured and towed to Italy on Friday. The vessel, which is believed to have embarked from a Turkish port, had been floating, without power, approximately 40 nautical miles from the coast of southern Italy. The coastguard says the ship had been directed towards the coast but then had run out of fuel. The repeated abandonment of large vessels at sea is believed to be a brutal new strategy employed by human traffickers.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 01:50:28 +0000