Video From 2016 Shared as Recent Boat Migrants Incident
The Claim
A video depicts a group of Palestinian migrants drowning in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece.
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Accounts and pages on Facebook and Twitter have recently circulated a video clip allegedly showing Palestinian Gaza migrants drowning in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece. The video was reportedly taken on Nov. 6, along with a voice recording for one of the survivors talking about the migrants who drowned in the incident.
Photo Description: The screenshot shows a Facebook post with the alleged video allegedly taken during the latest incident.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulated claim and found it misleading. The video was not taken in the latest incident where Palestinian migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish and Greek coastlines.
According to Euronews, the video was first shared in May 2016, when an overcrowded boat sank off the Libyan coast, causing a number of migrants to drown while the Italian Coastguard rescued others.
The video has recirculated following news in an actual voice recording by one of the survivors in the recent Aegean Sea incident. The voice recording was dubbed in the video and was shared on Nov. 6. The Palestinian Gaza survivor talked in the recording about a number of migrants in the same incident who drowned after their boat sank in the sea.
Photo Description: The screenshot shows the actual voice recording uploaded to YouTube without the video.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expats affirmed that eight migrants have survived while the search for another three missing remains ongoing.
Photo Description: The screenshot shows news about the Palestinian ministry’s statement.
In a press release, the Palestinian embassy in Turkey stated that 11 Palestinians were on the boat that sank in the Aegean Sea off the city of Bodrum. The embassy also confirmed that eight of them survived while three others remain missing.
Translated by: Ahmed N. A. Almassri
