Exclusive: Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16 days, despite alarm being raised
Refugees from Libya reach Lampedusa. A
warship failed to rescue a boat in trouble – leaving 61 people on board
to die. Photograph: Francesco Malavolta/EPA
Dozens of African migrants were left to die in the Mediterranean
after a number of European military units apparently ignored their
cries for help, the Guardian has learned. Two of the nine survivors
claim this included a Nato ship.
