..some of the 53 people on the boat, all of them from Eritrea, were begging their friends and relatives in Europe by satellite phone to help them, saying the boat’s engine had stalled, that the sea was rising and that the boat risked being swamped…

..some of the 53 people on the boat, all of them from Eritrea, were begging their friends and relatives in Europe by satellite phone to help them, saying the boat’s engine had stalled, that the sea was rising and that the boat risked being swamped…