The hundreds of Eritreans, almost all ethnic Tigrinya speakers, who perished in the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of Lampedusa were remembered in many Eritrean households and neighborhoods. Were the bodies of these Eritrean victims allowed to a final return to Eritrea for burial in the land that they fought for?
Refugees who died off Italy 10 years ago remembered as new crisis flares
By Federica Marsi Published On 3 Oct 2023 Aljazeera
Two tragic shipwrecks off Lampedusa shook the hearts of European leaders in 2013. Now, policies and rhetoric towards those migrating are harder than ever.
Lampedusa, Italy – Vito Fiorino woke up in his boat to piercing screams. It was 6am on October 3, 2013, and the Italian fisherman had spent a rare night out at sea with his crew, hoping for a good catch.
They scanned the dimly lit sky expecting to spot a flight of seagulls mewing in the distance. Instead, as the group sailed towards the noise, the scene that awaited them was one they had never seen.
“We woke up to an immeasurable tragedy,” Fiorino said. “There were hundreds of people in the sea, screaming and crying for help.”
A rickety trawler carrying asylum seekers from Eritrea and Somalia had capsized a short distance off Italy’s Lampedusa, a holidaymaker’s dream island known for its azure waters and sandy beach.
Only 155 people survived, while 368 people drowned.
The fishermen pulled 47 people onto their vessel before Italian authorities arrived. ...
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