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Newspaper report accused NATO not to assist delinquent boat was carrying African migrants
NATO initiated the investigation in a report published by the newspaper "The Guardian"British wrote that the NATO forces did not help offenders boat was carrying African migrants fled from Libya, which led to the deaths of 62 of them from hunger and thirst.
NATO said on Monday it was investigating a report published in Britain's Guardian newspaper reported that units of the alliance did not help offenders boat was carrying African migrants from Libya, which led to the deaths of 62 people as a result of hunger and thirst.
The newspaper added that the boat which was carrying 72 people, including women and children, refugees and political problems encountered after leaving Tripoli heading to the Italian island of Lampedusa on 25 March.
She said that despite the distress of the Italian Coast Guard boat and make contact with a military helicopter and a warship belonging to NATO have not been any attempt to save.
He died of all those on board the boat except that after ten offenders under their boat at sea for 16 days.
She said NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero, "We are checking what the Guardian reported on and I hope that I receive a response soon."
"The NATO ships are well aware of its responsibilities with regard to international maritime law on the safety of life at sea."
The Guardian report quoted statements of survivors and others who were in contact with the boat passengers who said they were 47 and seven of Ethiopia, Nigeria, Eritrea, seven and six from Ghana as well as five Sudanese. There were 20 women and two small children, one-year-old one.
The report said the captain of the boat, a Ghanaian, was headed for Lampedusa, about 290 km north-west of Tripoli after 18 hours but began experiencing problems and is losing fuel.
Migrants and use a satellite phone to call Dad Ziryay Moses, a priest in Rome Eritrean organization manages the rights of refugees, which in turn connect to the Italian coast guard.
The Guardian said it had been to locate the boat that, after 97 km from Tripoli, said the Coast Guard to the father Ziryay that the matter is submitted to the authorities concerned.
The newspaper said that he soon emerged a military helicopter with the word "Army" and flew over the boat. And revealed the pilots, who were wearing military uniforms, water bottles and packets of biscuits and asked the passengers to wait in their places to come rescue boat to help them.
The helicopter flew away, but the rescue boat did not come.
The Times said that in 29 or 30 March, the cover of the boat to nearby aircraft carrier belonging to NATO and said that the two survivors from the ship took off, flying at low altitude from the boat as he stood on the roof of migrant boat carrying babies to the top.
The paper says that "as of this stage did not come relief" The immigrants began to die one after the other from hunger and thirst.
And killed dozens of immigrants from North Africa through trying to reach Italian shores.In the sixth of April, the sinking of a boat carrying 200 people south of Sicily
In that incident, an Italian rescue ship responded to a distress call and was able to rescue 50 people from the waters of Malta.
The report said that on the tenth of April, when the water washed away the boat to a beach near the town of Alzentan near Misurata Libyan was not on board, only 11Passengers alive one of whom died immediately upon arrival to the mainland.
The Guardian said it is likely after extensive research that is the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean Sea.
The French aircraft carrier involved in the international process off to Libya, but not under the command of NATO. Romero said NATO spokeswoman said that the only aircraft carrier that participated in the NATO operation in LibyaItalian.
Romero said that on the night of 27 March, involved several units of NATO in saving more than 500 people from two vessels carrying migrants to the area after about 28 kilometers north-north-east of Tripoli.
"They have been transferred from Lampedusa to Save the assistance of the Italian authorities."
The newspaper added that the boat which was carrying 72 people, including women and children, refugees and political problems encountered after leaving Tripoli heading to the Italian island of Lampedusa on 25 March.
She said that despite the distress of the Italian Coast Guard boat and make contact with a military helicopter and a warship belonging to NATO have not been any attempt to save.
He died of all those on board the boat except that after ten offenders under their boat at sea for 16 days.
She said NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero, "We are checking what the Guardian reported on and I hope that I receive a response soon."
"The NATO ships are well aware of its responsibilities with regard to international maritime law on the safety of life at sea."
The Guardian report quoted statements of survivors and others who were in contact with the boat passengers who said they were 47 and seven of Ethiopia, Nigeria, Eritrea, seven and six from Ghana as well as five Sudanese. There were 20 women and two small children, one-year-old one.
The report said the captain of the boat, a Ghanaian, was headed for Lampedusa, about 290 km north-west of Tripoli after 18 hours but began experiencing problems and is losing fuel.
Migrants and use a satellite phone to call Dad Ziryay Moses, a priest in Rome Eritrean organization manages the rights of refugees, which in turn connect to the Italian coast guard.
The Guardian said it had been to locate the boat that, after 97 km from Tripoli, said the Coast Guard to the father Ziryay that the matter is submitted to the authorities concerned.
The newspaper said that he soon emerged a military helicopter with the word "Army" and flew over the boat. And revealed the pilots, who were wearing military uniforms, water bottles and packets of biscuits and asked the passengers to wait in their places to come rescue boat to help them.
The helicopter flew away, but the rescue boat did not come.
The Times said that in 29 or 30 March, the cover of the boat to nearby aircraft carrier belonging to NATO and said that the two survivors from the ship took off, flying at low altitude from the boat as he stood on the roof of migrant boat carrying babies to the top.
The paper says that "as of this stage did not come relief" The immigrants began to die one after the other from hunger and thirst.
And killed dozens of immigrants from North Africa through trying to reach Italian shores.In the sixth of April, the sinking of a boat carrying 200 people south of Sicily
In that incident, an Italian rescue ship responded to a distress call and was able to rescue 50 people from the waters of Malta.
The report said that on the tenth of April, when the water washed away the boat to a beach near the town of Alzentan near Misurata Libyan was not on board, only 11Passengers alive one of whom died immediately upon arrival to the mainland.
The Guardian said it is likely after extensive research that is the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean Sea.
The French aircraft carrier involved in the international process off to Libya, but not under the command of NATO. Romero said NATO spokeswoman said that the only aircraft carrier that participated in the NATO operation in LibyaItalian.
Romero said that on the night of 27 March, involved several units of NATO in saving more than 500 people from two vessels carrying migrants to the area after about 28 kilometers north-north-east of Tripoli.
"They have been transferred from Lampedusa to Save the assistance of the Italian authorities."
