Sentence examples for drown off from inspiring English sources

Justin Forsyth, the chief executive of Save the Children, said: "Our political leaders cannot ignore the fact that without search and rescue we are allowing thousands of innocent children and their families to drown off the coast of Europe.

Sept 2014: At least 300 migrants drown off Malta when people smugglers ram a boat after its occupants refuse to move to a smaller one.

At least 700 migrants drowned off the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend alone.

While living in Ireland in the early 1880s, their son Louis drowned off the coast.

1.53pm BST 58 refugees drowned off Turkey The number of refugees who drowned off the coast of Turkey has increased to 58, according to Hurriyet.

On Tuesday at least 22 people drowned off the Turkish coast after their boat capsized.

Last month, about 800 migrants drowned off Libya when their 20m fishing boat capsized and sank.

The Letta government conferred posthumous Italian citizenship on the drowned off Lampedusa.

More than three hundred people drowned off the coast of Lampedusa in October, 2013, within sight of Italian soil.

See articleMore than 200 African migrants trying to reach Europe were thought to have drowned off the coast of Libya.

In the worst incident before Sunday, an estimated 500 people drowned off the coast of Malta last autumn.