They're drowning.

They're sinking.

Even them swamp animals.

Many of them drown.

They plunge into her chalice. And they never come out.

No. They've struck a berg. They want us to come at once.

Do people sink vertically in water? They float.

If the boat springs a leak, everyone sinks.

Children are drowning, pregnant women have miscarriages, people are tired and getting sick from the weather.

Men drown at twice the rate of women, because men think they can swim across that lake.

There are weekly reports of would be illegal Egyptian immigrants drowning in the Mediterranean.

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

And they can use that energy in case the wind falls away, and the tide is coming up, and there is still a little bit of energy to reach the dunes and save their lives, because they are drowned very easily.

We couldn t live with ourselves doing nothing, while children are drowning in the sea, families are without shelter after their horrible and inhuman journey.

Made idle and vulnerable, and subjected to chronic unemployment, our youth are now indulging in the illusion of drugs and the armed defence of dubious causes.

The main difference is that it has become all too easy to foresee to what pitch of stupid excesses their egotism may lead them and into what disgrace and wretchedness they would plunge themselves.

The French, by contrast, faced a future in which it is difficult to foresee to what pitch of stupid excesses their egotism may lead them, and into what disgrace and wretchedness they would plunge themselves, lest they should have to sacrifice something of their own well being to the prosperity of their fellow creatures.

There are various reasons for this opposition some valid, some based on prejudice Turkey is too big Turkish migrant workers might swamp other members Turkey has a shaky human rights record Turkey oppresses the Kurds Turkey hasn t solved its problems with Greece over Cyprus.

All of this will require a sustained commitment, underpinned by a strong sense of common purpose. If Europeans do not stand together in addressing migration, countless more people will drown in the Mediterranean and the EU will continue to unravel.