Over migrants rescued off Italy five dead

ROME   More than 550 migrants rescued
in the Mediterranean arrived in Sicily on
Monday aboard a ship operated by Doctors
Without Boarders (MSF) which also carried
the bodies of five people who died at sea.

The migrants who were brought to safety
In Palemo had been travelling on several
different boats and were rescued over the
weekend ,the aid group said.is child

":Five dead is more than just a number
One was this child's mother:MSF said
on it's Twitter account ,underneath a photograph.
of a little boy playing on a ship's deck

The victims four women and one man,were
found dead on a boat that was rescued on
Saturday with 112 people on board ,They
died ,according to initial test ,as a result
of dehydration.

Two of the passengers found in a critical
state were recovering ,MSF said in a statement.

Shocked survivors said their reckety boat
had only left Libya's shores for Italy 13
hours before they were rescued ,In that short
time ,five of the children on board lost a
parent.

Loris De Filippi president of MSF Italy
worried that any delay in migrants 'rescue
could be a matter of life or death as  be
he reiterated calls on Europe to open up
new,legal routes to allow migrants and
refugees in.

More than 1,900 migrants have died this
year making the dangerous journey across the
 Meditteranean to Europe out of around 150,000
people who have made the crossing ,the
Intenational ,Organisation for migration said
 last month    AFP