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Most Malta boat victims were Gaza refugees

17 September 2014

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"Palestinian people fleeing Israel’s occupation of Gaza were most of the victims in the Malta boat incident last week, in which hundreds were left to die by human traffickers. The information comes from survivors interviewed by the Palestinian embassy in Greece, which spoke to two men from Gaza who made it to the Greek island of Crete."

See the article: Most Malta boat victims were Gaza refugees (euobserver, link)

And see: ‘Mass murder’ reported off Malta, 500 drowned (euractiv, link): "If the reports of two survivors prove to be true, 500 migrants from North Africa have been deliberately killed by human traffickers, who sank their boat following a dispute. If confirmed, this is the worst incident of its kind, amounting to mass murder, an official of the International Organization for Migration told EurActiv."

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