Last week's sinking of a fishing boat full of migrants trying to cross from Libya to Italy prompted arrests, violent protests and questions about the authorities' inability to act or find a long-term solution to the problem. But many human rights advocates are frustrated that the world seems to have moved on, and that the resources and media attention devoted to saving Titan far outweigh those of a sunken ship full of migrants.
Human Rights Watch's Middle East and Central Asia association director, R. Jude Sunderland, reflected on the apparent findings, citing resources and media attention, saying, "This is a terrible and hateful adversary." On both crises
The willingness to allow people to die said that when all this effort is done by the other... you know it has a very dark reflection on it.
With last week's sinking of migrants and explorers, Sland is not alone in wondering about the time and resources to explore the actions of explorers aboard the missing May Titan submarine.
Josie Naughton, co-founder of Choose Love, a UK-based non-governmental organization that helps survivors around the world, said the search for the missing submarine had dominated the front pages of the past few days.
He said there appear to be "100 times more people who fear for their lives and are forced to flee their homes" than on a migrant boat. They are seeking safety.
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"Even though in places we hope that the people on board will be brought to safety, it kind of makes you question, what's the difference in terms of how the media is covering it. You also Know how the government is doing and the infrastructure of the government responds," Nott added. "Why is it so different?"
The search for Titan is a race against time as the ship's oxygen supply runs low, after an hour and 45 minutes of searching dives early Sunday after losing contact with its mothership, the Poles Prince. U.S. Coast Guard crews said there was 96 hours of oxygen available for five people and that it would run out by Friday morning, but the exact amount was not known.
In cooperation with agencies from other countries, the Coast Guard and its passengers are being identified, the company behind the e-mission of Oceangate Expeditions; Pakistani billionaire Hamish Harding, owner of Action Enterprise; French diving master Paul Henri Nargiolet; and prominent Pakistani businessman Prince Dawood and his son Sulaiman.
Sunderland said he was "not surprised" that the search for the Titan and its passengers was attracting media attention. "Dying on the wrong trip, you know, it's a 'good thing,'" he said, as a focus on "very rich people." "Question of real issues in my line."
Hundreds of individuals were found in Greece
Greek authorities have so far recovered the bodies of at least 81 people and rescued more than 100 passengers, including Pakistanis, Egyptians, Syrians, Afghans and Palestinians. But survivors and the United Nations have said hundreds of people were on board and many are still missing and feared dead.
If the death toll in the hundreds is confirmed, it would be one of the worst shipwrecks ever recorded in the Mediterranean.
Greek authorities have been further criticized for not taking action to rescue the migrants, even though a coast guard vessel brought the trawler within hours. International maritime law dictates that authorities are obliged to take immediate rescue operations - with or without an express request for help.
Gianluca Rocco, head of the Greek section of the International Organization for Migration, the UN migration agency, called it "the greatest tragedy in the Mediterranean".
Artist Oliver Jeffers expressed his feelings with a cartoon on Tuesday, marking World Refugee Day. It shows a news crew focusing their cameras on a ship under the sea while turning away from people seen drowning in nearby waters.
"While we're glued to the news about 5 mostly wealthy tourists who went missing in a submarine on their way to find the wreckage of a sunken ship, today is World Refugee Day, and only the last Saturday a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Greece," Jeffers wrote in an Instagram post with the graphic.
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Greek authorities have so far recovered the bodies of at least 81 people and rescued more than 100 passengers, including Pakistanis, Egyptians, Syrians, Afghans and Palestinians. But survivors and the United Nations have said hundreds of people were aboard the ship and many are still missing and feared dead.
If the hundreds of deaths are confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest shipwrecks ever recorded in the Mediterranean.
Greek authorities were further criticized for not acting to rescue the migrants, although a coast guard ship brought the trawler within hours. International maritime law dictates that officers are obliged to conduct immediate rescue operations, with or without a clear request for help.
Gianluca Rocco, head of the Greek section of the UN migration agency International Organization for Migration, called it "the biggest tragedy in the Mediterranean".
Artist Oliver Jeffers expressed his feelings through a cartoon on the occasion of World Refugee Day on Tuesday. It depicts a news crew focusing their cameras on a ship under the sea, while turned away from drowning people in the nearby waters.
"While we're glued to the news about the 5 wealthy tourists who went missing in a submarine to find the wreckage of a sunken ship, today is World Refugee Day, and just last week hundreds of migrants carrying A boat sunk. Off the coast of Greece,'' Jeffers wrote in an Instagram post accompanying the graphic.
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