Aircraft carrier left us to die, say migrants

 

 

Refugees from Libya reach Lampedusa
Francesco Malavolta/EPA

Exclusive: Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16 days, despite alarm being raised.

Dozens of African migrants were left to die in the Mediterranean after a number of European military units apparently ignored their cries for help, the Guardian has learned. Two of the nine survivors claim this included a Nato ship.