At least 50 Palestinian refugees from Syria drowned at sea as they embarked on a life-threatening asylum-seeking journey to Europe the Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) reported Thursday.
AGPS kept record of the death of 50 Palestinians onboard the “death boats” to Europe fleeing war-torn Syria.
According to AGPS most of the casualties were women children and elderly refugees.
A number of refugees reportedly died off the Libyan seashore on way to Italy while others breathed their last off the Marmara coast as they tried to disembark in Greece.
The death-journey is often preceded by another life-threatening trip to such points of departure as Turkey Libya and Egypt before setting sail to the new asylum destination.
