Egypt boat capsize: 12 migrants die off Alexandria.

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

At least 12 migrants have drowned and some 116 were rescued after their boat capsized near the Egyptian port of Alexandria, security officials said.

The boat sank early on Friday. The survivors, mostly Palestinians and Syrians, were taken to a naval base.

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Alexandria's security chief, Amin Ezzeddin, told the BBC that the survivors of the latest incident included 40 Syrians, 72 Palestinians and four Egyptians.

They were initially taken to a naval base in the Alexandria district of Ras al-Tin and then to a police station.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24496737

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This is a different boat from the one currently undergoing rescue between Tunisia and Sicily.

[Pterodactyl]

1. It's gotta suck when your best option is going INTO Egypt.

[Igel]

2. Indeed.

http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/7445-egypt-detains-dozens-of-palestinian-refugees-from-syria

Don't know about the group, the same report is echoed elsewhere.

Nice--they can't go to that staunch defender of human rights, Turkey. But that's okay.

They can't go to that new beacon of anti-MB democratic fervor, Egypt. But that's okay.

Nobody's at fault for creating the conditions that led them to abandon Egypt, probably knowing that there'd be a good chance that naturally occurring conditions would lead to their death.

The real blame is on Europe, for failing to provide safe transportation for those that the upstanding, responsible nations of Egypt, Turkey, etc., would rather see dead than prevent from leaving or maintain under decent conditions.

$ or life? People typically choose $ (where "$" is to stand for "money", not necessary greenbacks. Or multicolored backs. Or whatever we jocularly call "dollars" these days).