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Medics help migrants in a tent after they arrived onboard the Blue Sky M cargo ship at the Gallipoli harbour southern Italy | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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Medics help migrants in a tent after they arrived onboard the Blue Sky M cargo ship at the Gallipoli harbour southern Italy, December 31, 2014. Four migrants were found dead on a cargo ship which was taken to Italy after apparently being abandoned by its crew in Greek waters, the Italian Red Cross said on Wednesday. The Blue Sky M was carrying an estimated 900 migrants when it was spotted drifting near the coast of Corfu on Tuesday. Greece sent its navy and coastguard with a military helicopter to the scene in response to an alarm call about a possible incident on the ship and Italian coast guard officials later boarded to check if it could navigate properly. REUTERS/Stringer ( ITALY – Tags: DISASTER MARITIME SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)