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Poor boat carrying 80 women and 11 children among pbadengers, almost all from sub-Saharan Africa and the Horn of Africa
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Immigrants arrive at a naval base after being rescued by the Coast Guards in Tripoli, Libya – 29/06/2006
Libya intercepted Saturday in the waters of the Mediterranean 270 people trying to reach Europe aboard a precarious ship that had sailed beaches of the North African country – 80 women and 11 children were traveling there. According to Brigadier General Ayoub Qasim, a spokesman for the local Coast Guard, the ship was detected about 15 miles off the town of Al Hamis, east of the capital Tripoli . came from sub-Saharan Africa and the Horn of Africa, but there were also Asians. All were taken to a naval base near Tripoli, from where they will be transferred to shelters, "said Ayoub.
The news of the interception was revealed a few hours after the Libyan authorities had announced that about 100 people had disappeared. (28) In the Qarabuli region, after the boat with which they attempted to reach the European coast caught fire and was wrecked. [19659007AccordingtoAyoubthesinkingoccurred25nauticalmilesfromthetownofQarabulitheship'sdepartureplaceapparentlyduetoamechanicalfailureoftheengine"About120peoplesailedontheboatMostareofsub-SaharanoriginbutalsoMoroccanandYemeniUntilnowthebodiesofthreebabieshavebeenrecovered"
According to the official, 16 other people were saved alive, all young men who were transferred to a detention center in the region of Al Hamdiya (25 km from Tripoli), where they are treated. In this boat there were two other babies and three children under 12, plus a dozen women.
The beaches that extend between Tripoli and the border with Tunisia have become over the past two years years the main object of the mafias.
According to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than 171,635 irregular migrants were able to reach Europe via the Mediterranean in 2017, while 3 116 disappeared at sea.
The IOM, which is part of the UN, says that 16,394 people were able to cross the Mediterranean through the so-called "central route" of the Libya this year and 635 drowned.This week, Libya patrol boats They intercepted about 1,200 immigrants off the west coast of the country
(with EFE)
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