1.   Some have paid Bahamian smugglers for a spot on dangerously overcrowded boats, which have sunk.

2.   Police on Wednesday questioned Haitian refugees who claim an officer shot at and hit passengers on their overcrowded boat.

3.   Police said the immigrants, mostly Moroccans, were picked up from four overcrowded Zodiac boats attempting to reach the Spanish coast between midnight and dawn.

4.   Passengers panicked when the overcrowded boat began taking on water off Cat Island.

5.   At least forty passengers drowned after an overcrowded boat capsized in a storm off the Nigerian coast, officials said.

6.   But police said warning shots were fired in the air, but not at the overcrowded boat, Deputy Police Commissioner Bryan Davies said Friday.

7.   But police said warning shots were fired in the air, but not at the overcrowded boat, said Deputy Police Commissioner Bryan Davies.

8.   Eighteen others on board swam to safety or were rescued after strong waves flipped the overcrowded boat at around midnight Sunday.

9.   Eleven children have drowned when the overcrowded boat taking them across the Nile capsized, police said Tuesday.

10.   Fifteen people were feared drowned when an overcrowded boat sank in the Ganges River in northern India on Monday.