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A migrants’ boat was left drifting for two weeks in NATO-monitored waters, its presence known to the Italian coastguard and other nearby vessels. Sixty-three people died. Using an array of sensing technologies—thermal cameras, radar, and tracking—Forensic Oceanography mapped the path of the boat.
Apr 11, 2021 · Ten years ago to the day, on April 10th 2011, eleven people ran aground on an inflatable boat near Zlitan, on the Libyan coast. After drifting for two weeks in the Mediterranean, the survivors were barely conscious. A woman died on the beach.
FORENSIC OCEANOGRAPHY: LEFT-TO-DIE BOAT CASE INTRODUCTION 9 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UNHCR defined 2011 as the “deadliest year” in the Mediterranean since the organisation began recording these statistics in 2006, estimating that over 1,500 migrants died while fleeing Libya during the initial stages of
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The report on the ‘Left-to-die boat’ case, produced in collaboration with a coalition of NGOs, reconstructs an incident that occurred at the time of the Nato military intervention in Libya in 2011. 72 passengers who left the Libyan coast heading in the direction of the island of Lampedusa on board a small rubber boat, were left to drift for ...
Jun 21, 2018 · The efforts were focused on what is now known as the “left-to-die boat” case, in which sixty-three migrants lost their lives while drifting for fourteen days within the NATO maritime ...
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Apr 17, 2021 · At least 21 people died on 16 April when their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Ten years after 72 people were left adrift...
This Forensic Oceanography report is a spatial-temporal analysis of the events that led to the death of 63 migrants at sea off the coast of Libya in the spring of 2011. Explore the report here: https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/the-left-to-die-boat
