Lebanese Family Drowns in Migrant Boat off Greece
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A Lebanese family that sought to travel abroad looking for better living conditions lost seven of its members at sea while two other members remain missing until the moment, the National News Agency said on Thursday.
Seven of the Safwan family drowned at sea on board of an inflatable boat that was heading its way from Turkey to Greece, NNA added.
"Turkish authorities have managed to find the bodies of Lebanese nationals Mayez Safwan, 63, and his daughter Leen, while Wael Mohammed Safwan, 18, and Malek Mohammed Safwan, 6, remain missing," the agency reported in the evening.
"Seven bodies have been recovered until the moment," it said.
According to a family relative, the Safwan family left Lebanon on Sunday morning and boarded the boat to Turkey on Wednesday.
The family members, who hail from the Bekaa town of Gorgan, were displaced to the Ouzai area after the war broke out in Syria.
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He added that part of the family used to live in the Syrian border town of al-Qusayr and have been displaced to Lebanon.
15 October 2015, 11:33
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RIP. Somebody tell these lebanese families that they will be sent back from Europe anyway. Its the syrians whos got the golden ticket this time around.
