More than 200 immigrants died in three days in Mediterranean waters

On Sunday, a rubber boat capsized on the Al Khums coast, east of Tripoli, and about 100 people died, according to the Libyan Coast Guard.

Some 41 immigrants survived a rescue, according to a statement by IOM.

Last Friday in turn 103 migrants and refugees, including three babies, died in a similar incident.

16 people survived after being rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard who, between last Friday and Saturday, sent back nearly a thousand migrants to the Libyan coast [19659004] So far this year, the Libyan Coast Guard has sent back some 10,000 people trying to cross Europe in small boats, according to the IOM.

People rescued and repatriated by the Libya are being transferred to detention centers, where the organ The International Organization for Migration provides humanitarian badistance. However, IOM believes that returning migrants should not be automatically deprived of their liberty in these centers.

Here's how IOM reacts

IOM's outgoing Director General, William Lacy Swing, This week in Tripoli to once again evaluate the conditions under which are rescued immigrants and those who were returned to Libya by the Coast Guard. "IOM is committed to upholding the human rights of all immigrants as we make efforts to stop the traffickers who exploit these people," he said.