[ad_1]
The precarious boat was also carrying two other babies and three children under 12; 16 people were saved with life
By
Libyan security forces carry babies after sinking – 29/06/2018 (Mahmoud Turkia / AFP)
A shipwreck in Libya leaves more than 100 dead, including 3 babies
29 June 2018, 18h42
Libyan security forces transport babies after the sinking of 100 people died in the waters of Mediterranean because of the sinking of the inflatable boat with which they tried to reach Europe, Libya reported on Friday (29) United Nations Migration Agency (IOM) .
According to the local Coast Guard, the sinking occurred Thursday (28) in the night, 25 nautical miles from the Libyan town of Qarabuli, starting point of the ship.
According to Flavio Di Giacomo, an IOM spokesperson, the number of missing persons is still unknown.
At least 100 migrants died a shipwreck occurred off Tripoli. 3 young children among the dead. The current number of missing remains uncertain.
Saving lives at sea is the number one priority: all rescue vessels currently operating in the Mediterranean are ALWAYS needed.
– Flavio Di Giacomo (@fladig) 29 June 2018
"On the boat, some 120 people were traveling, most of them Sub-Saharan nationals, but there were also Moroccans and Yemenis, so far the bodies of three babies have been recovered, "said the Coast Guard of Libya.
"16 other people were saved alive.All are young men who were taken to a detention center in the Al Hamdiya area, 25 kilometers east of Tripoli, where they are treated for various injuries
Two other babies and three young children 12 years and 12 women
The beaches that extend between Tripoli and the Libyan border with Tunisia have become, in the last two years, the pillar of human trafficking, despite the presence of European patrols [19659008] According to IOM data, more than 171,635 irregular migrants were able to cross the Mediterranean in Europe last year, while 3,166 have disappeared at sea.
The same organization, linked to the United Nations, states that in 2018, another 16,394 people were able to cross the so-called "central route", which leaves Libya, and 635 drowned.
This week, the patrols have intercepted about 1,200 migrants on the west coast of the country
(with EFE)
[ad_2]
Source link
