"Dhanusa said when they were in their deepest strife, a vessel pulled alongside as she fell into the sea.
"One ship near us," she said in broken English. "Not save, not care."
Other witnesses say the captain of the asylum vessel arranged through the smuggler network for a boat to rescue of himself and the crew, abandoning the others.
People smugglers don't make available their ship's manifests and it is not certain how many were aboard."
