"From across Egypt, they can leave in boats.He estimated he saw about 150 people in the "fridge," but his account could not be independently confirmed. This year, more than 12,000 migrants arrived in Italy from Egypt between January and September, compared to 7,000 in the same period last year, according to the EU border agency Frontex. Families of those still missing have been camped out all week at the piers, waiting for word on their loved ones and angrily accusing authorities of not doing enough to find them. She spoke on condition of anonymity because she feared harassment by police.

Samir Qlamosh, a local fisherman, has become a hero in Rosetta, touted in social media after he rescued 96 survivors in his boat. 21 about 12 kilometers (7.One survivor, a 17-year-old, from the nearby village of al-Gazira al-Khudra, said he and several of his friends were brought out on a smuggler boat with about 150 people and transfered onto the Procession of the Prophet, which he said was already swelling with about 300 people. They announced that no more bodies were found in the hold, angering relatives of those who still had not been found, many of whom were convinced from earlier reports that more dead were in the hold.

Around 160 of those on board survived, many of them blow molding machine manufacturer spending hours in the water until rescued by local fishing boats. Some were dying," he told the AP."We got there after people were already worn out. Once there, he found survivors in the water and fished them out with ropes, he said.Another survivor, Aboud, said he was originally put in the "fridge" when he was brought on the boat. Egyptian authorities have so far in 2016 foiled 110 attempts to smuggle migrants to Europe.Women broke into screams and some men collapsed whenever they recognized someone, some only by their clothes. I looked and only saw the bottle," he said.