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Europe chose to allow 12 refugees to die of thirst while organising the survivors' pushback to Libya
Meanwhile rescue ship Alan Kurdi's 12-day ordeal is over as Italy finally takes in the ships refugees but the Aita Maria is still waiting
A man who threw himself overboard is brought back onto the NGO rescue ship Alan Kurdi

EUROPEAN states chose to allow 12 refugees to die of thirst or drown while orchestrating the forced return of the 51 survivors to Libya, a migrant rights activist network has charged. 

Alarm Phone, which operates a hotline for migrants in distress at sea, was contacted last weekend by four boats in distress in the Mediterranean. 

One of those boats was carrying 63 people, including seven women and three children, and contacted Alarm Phone on April 10. 

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