Smugglers Scuttle Ship Carrying 500 Migrants
Palestinian and Egyptian smugglers … used their boat to ram the vessel carrying the migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and then waited until it disappeared from view before leaving the scene, according to a statement released by the Geneva-based group today.
Two Palestinians, both from Gaza, an Egyptian and a Syrian were among 10 survivors who were rescued separately after days in the water and brought ashore in Crete, Malta and Sicily. The IOM said it believes that as many as 100 children may have been aboard, based on accounts given by some of the survivors.