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一艘载客500的船只在意大利岛屿附近失火侧翻，大量船民不幸遇难 一艘来自非洲的难民船在意大利岛屿附近失火侧翻，至少114位乘客不幸遇难。 超过150位乘客获救，但是仍有大约150人下落不明。 每年都有成千上万的非洲船民穿越地中海的怒涛奔向欧陆的新生活，这次的海难是所有这类海难中伤亡最惨重的之一。 蛇头向每位船民收取数千美元，把他们塞进拥挤而根本不适合航行的船仓中去，更有甚至竟然不提供求生衣或者其他任何安全设施。 Lampedusad地区的卫生负责人Pietro Bartolo接受24号电台采访时说：“我们需要的不是救护车而是棺材。” 他讲这番话的时候说已有94人遇难但是随着搜救工作的继续，死亡人数还是会继续攀升。 Lampedusa的市长Giusi Nicolini说：“这是一起巨大的灾难。” 意大利的海岸警卫队声称，潜水员们在遇难船只残骸附近的海底发现了起码２０具尸体。 Lampedusa距离非洲大陆比意大利本土更近，离突尼斯海岸线只有１１３公里，它是来自非洲偷渡船只的热门目的地。 根据国际移民组织的说法，这艘只有２０米的船竟然挤进了４５０到５００人。意大利海岸警备队发言人Marco Di Milla说：此船从的黎波里出发，船民来自厄立特里亚，加纳和索马里。在近海处，海岸警备队的船只，本地渔船和直升机一起出动细细搜索以期发现更多的幸存者。 政府发言人Antonio Candela说：已有159人获救。 本周四营救队把海岸警备队把数十个尸袋吊到Lampedusa的码头上，放置于多种色彩的帐篷下。 位于罗马的国际移民组织的法律专家Simona Moscarelli说，他们中大部分人不会游泳，只有最强壮的那些才幸免于难。 100位妇女中只有3位获救，10名儿童都未被寻获，死者中已经包括2名孕妇。 原文： A SHIP carrying African migrants to Europe caught fire and capsized near an Italian island, killing at least 114 people and spilling hundreds into the sea Over 150 people were rescued but about the same number were still unaccounted for. It was one of the deadliest recent accidents in the perilous Mediterranean Sea crossing that thousands of African migrants make every year, seeking a new life in the European Union. Smugglers charge thousands of dollars a head to slip people into Europe aboard overcrowded, barely seaworthy fishing boats, providing no life vests or other safety features. "We need only caskets, certainly not ambulances," Pietro Bartolo, chief of health services on Lampedusa, told Radio 24. He gave the death toll at 94 but said it would certainly rise as search operations continued. "It's an immense tragedy," said Lampedusa Mayor Giusi Nicolini. Italy's coast guard later said divers saw at least another 20 bodies around the boat, which was now lying on the bottom of the sea. Lampedusa is closer to Africa than the Italian mainland - a mere 113 kilometres off the coast of Tunisia - and is the frequent destination for smugglers' boats.   原文连接： http://www.news.com.au/world-new ... ir2ev-1226732536816 |
