Sentences with phrase «rubber dinghy»

A rubber dinghy refers to a small inflatable boat made of rubber material, often used for floating or navigating on water. Full definition
And although states acknowledged that the text of this resolution — namely to search, seize and dispose of vessels used in smuggling or trafficking crimes — addresses only a small part of the crisis confronting Europe today, Resolution 2240 forgets that the people floating on rubber dinghies off the coast of Libya are typically not criminals.
In one of the most harrowing stories of shipwreck and survival in recent memory, a young Deborah Kiley (she's now 49) escaped dehydration, hypothermia, and sharks for five days on a small rubber dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean.
More than 5,000 migrants, many escaping civil war in Syria, have died over the past 18 months while trying to cross from North Africa, often on flimsy rubber dinghies or crowded fishing boats.
This is the most incisive magazine cover since another issue of The Economist last year, which pictured Alan Greenspan's head carefully morphed onto David Hasselhoff's body, running along the beach with a little Baywatch - issued red rubber dinghy, and the caption «To the rescue.»
Using small, inflatable, rubber dinghies called Zodiacs, the competent crew members deposit adventure - minded visitors on the most foreign of shores.
If you're a little more adventuresome, take the villa's rubber dinghy out to the 5000» reef for more snorkeling fun or motor over to the Hurricane Hole for exploration.
Twenty - five refugees were found dead at the bottom of a rubber dinghy that left from Libya with at least 130 people on it.
In a separate wreck in the same area, a «rubber dinghy» with 132 people on it sank.
Just last week, 300 persons departing Libya on four rubber dinghies have gone missing at sea, after drifting for days without food and water.
When the motor stops it will rise to the surface, from where it will be retrieved by a rubber dinghy.
In the early morning hours of April 18, 2015, around 200 mostly African migrants crowded into a rubber dinghy on the sandy shores near the port of Misrata, Libya.
Not only does it feel boat - like in its size, but bumpy roads feel like a rubber dinghy cresting waves on the open sea.
We learnt to make fresh pasta in the Vecchia Scuola Bolognese run by famous chef Alessandra Spisni (who was quick to point out that Bolognese is traditionally made with tagliatelle and most definitely not spaghetti), and we explored Bologna's ancient subterranean canals in a rubber dinghy and later joined the locals in gorging ourselves on aperitivo, where a little extra on your drinks bill gets you an unlimited snack buffet too.
The benefit of traveling on a smaller - capacity vessel is a more intimate onboard experience and faster transfer times between your main vessel and the rubber dinghies.
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