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“243 People Disappeared. Young People. Women. Children. And No One Cares”
Her name was Segen. In the early hours of the morning of June 28, 2014, she had boarded a boat in Libya with her youngest daughter, Abigail. Segen was 24, slender; Abi was not quite two years old, a frizz of hair and pudgy baby cheeks. They weren’t alone on the boat: All in, there were at least 243 people on board, crammed together, human cargo.
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This is a great read in the sense that it gives a human face to the global refugee crisis. Especially one that focuses on Africa instead of the middle east.
Not much of a mystery, though. I mean...it's pretty likely it sank. Most refugee boats trying to cross the Mediterranean are ill-equipped for that kind of travel so it's pretty likely it sank midway. That kind of thing rarely leaves evidence.