2025-04-30
21 分钟In January this year,
a tragedy took place on a small fishing boat carrying 86 people across the Atlantic Ocean.
The boat which was making its way to the Canary Islands from Mauritania was overfilled with migrants,
all of them men,
who had bought this illegal and dangerous route from smugglers from their hometowns in Pakistan.
The reality was far from what they had been promised, safe and legal routes to Europe.
From the day we set sail to the last when we were rescued,
we were constantly scooping water out of the boat.
It used to take an hour.
According to the International Organization for Migration,
15 dead bodies were found on board and 35 people are still missing at sea.
And the survivors, they've recounted horrific circumstances where their lives hung in limbo.
We thought we were going to reach that evening, but that day passed and then the next day passed.
People began drinking seawater and after drinking it, people became delirious.
As we spoke to the families of those who died and those who survived,
It became clear to us that despite initial reports that the boat had capsized, it hadn't.
But those aboard had suffered immensely.
The water was very cold and deadly.
What should have been a three-day journey turned into at least 14 days at sea in a small wooden boat exposed to the Atlantic Ocean's harsh elements.
So who sold these men this particular route?