Eve Online
26-03-2007, 18:44
Still popular with pirates, I see...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6496777.stm
At least 29 migrants have died after smugglers forced them at knife-point to jump into the sea off the coast of Yemen, the UN refugee agency has said.
The UNHCR said another 71 people - from Somalia and Ethiopia - were missing after Thursday's incident.
Some of the 293 survivors said the smugglers ordered some 450 migrants to jump when their boats hit rough seas near the coast town of Ras al-Kalb.
They said those who refused to jump were stabbed and beaten with clubs.
Obviously, just good business sense. I mean, this way, the smugglers don't have to take the whole trip (and waste all that fuel contributing to global warming), and the passengers who die aren't in a position to ask for their money back.
And, you can go back for another boatload of suckers that much sooner...
What a world!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6496777.stm
At least 29 migrants have died after smugglers forced them at knife-point to jump into the sea off the coast of Yemen, the UN refugee agency has said.
The UNHCR said another 71 people - from Somalia and Ethiopia - were missing after Thursday's incident.
Some of the 293 survivors said the smugglers ordered some 450 migrants to jump when their boats hit rough seas near the coast town of Ras al-Kalb.
They said those who refused to jump were stabbed and beaten with clubs.
Obviously, just good business sense. I mean, this way, the smugglers don't have to take the whole trip (and waste all that fuel contributing to global warming), and the passengers who die aren't in a position to ask for their money back.
And, you can go back for another boatload of suckers that much sooner...
What a world!