A fishing vessel was in distress off Malta's coast and no rescue was launched for another 3 days. A persistent problem in the Mediterranean is the disregard of international maritime law by European states; sometimes leaving migrant ships in distress.
Malta’s search and rescue zone lies in the path of tens of thousands of people fleeing economic, political and social hardship every year. The vast area is one of 13 such zones in the world’s oceans, as defined in the 1979 convention. It covers some 100,000 square miles, nearly 800 times Malta’s size.
Earlier this year, Maltese authorities returned this fishing boat loaded with hundreds of migrants to Libya, where many were subsequently imprisoned, four rescue groups say.NBC News was not able to confirm the accounts given to Alarm Phone and Sea-Watch, but emails showed Maltese officials exchanging emails with Sea-Watch and two nearby merchant oil tankers: Malta-registered FMT URLA and Liberia-registered Pericles.
“One of the three people who jumped overboard and, pulled by a rope, is unconscious,” a woman says in a separate distress call, according to a transcript. Two children can be heard crying in the background in another call from April 9. According to the emails given to NBC News, both ships refused, saying they had been instructed by Malta to only provide supplies.
So the overcrowded boat was left in the high seas without a captain and with a malfunctioning engine, making steering nearly impossible, according to transcripts of distress purportedly received by Alarm Phone. Water flooded the lower deck and people rushed to the top, drenched and facing the brunt of the chilling wind.
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