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European Union responsible for drowning of refugees in Mediterranean
By Martin Krieckenbaum
19 September 2014
Last weekend 500 refugees drowned off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. Since then, horrific details about the catastrophe have come to light.
The majority of those on board had fled from Palestine or from civil war in Syria and Sudan. According to the Adamir organisation, 400 refugees who were on the sunken ship are missing from the Gaza Strip: “The entire Gaza Strip is speaking about it, it is such a horrendous event. As if the last war wasn’t enough.”
The European Union rejected any responsibility for the tragedy, blaming the traffickers, who according to two survivors, intentionally rammed the boat after the refugees refused to board an even smaller craft. “That is not an accident, it is murder,” stated Michele Cercone, spokesperson for EU migration and asylum commissioner Cecilia Malmström.