Up to 600 people are feared dead after the migrant boat disaster off Greece - many from Egypt and Pakistan.
Rida al-Sayyed has lost his son, nephew and five members of his family in the Greek boat disasterA father is hunched over with grief, his wiry frame almost cut in two."Mohammed would see pictures of other youths who managed to travel to Italy and started saying he would take the journey too. The cost of living here is very high and he wanted a better future."
"He left without telling me and called me before he got on the boat," says Mr al-Sayyed, sitting on the bed in his one-room house. They have set up a team to find out how many were on board and to verify their identities. But this will take time. The shipwreck lies in one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean.In the meantime, many of the families are facing massive debts after borrowing heavily to pay for the journey.
He longs to see his son Abdul Jabbar walk through it. The 38-year-old had messaged Mr Anwar to tell him he was getting on the boat in Libya. But he wanted to earn enough money to buy a house and a car for his wife and two daughters. He thought making it to Europe was his only way.
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