Eight migrants found dead in an expedition container in Libya

Eight migrants including six children were found dead after smothering gasoline vapors while on the run. they were crammed into a truck on the west coast of Libya

90 other migrants recovered from the container Monday were in critical condition and taken to a local hospital for treatment, said the city's security directorate from Zuwarah in a statement

. the west coast where smugglers and smugglers hold migrants before putting them on boats to try to cross in Europe

Migrants came from various countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Arab, as well as from Pakistan and Bangladesh . They had been locked in a refrigerated container designed to transport meat and fish just outside Zuwarah, near the Mellitah oil and gas complex, about 110 km from the capital, Tripoli. [19659005] "Due to the duration of their choking, eight of them died, including six children, a woman and a young man," said the security directorate.

She posted pictures of at least nine plastic jerrycans containing gasoline. as well as a stack of lifejackets apparently meant to be used in a boat crossing.

Daytime temperatures in northwestern Libya have been 30 degrees Celsius in recent days.

This is the latest migration tragedy in Libya, where human trafficking and lawlessness have flourished since the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Rival governments based in the east and west of Libya rely on militias to maintain order. However, some armed groups have been implicated in human trafficking

Libya remains the main point of departure for asylum seekers attempting to cross the Mediterranean for refuge in Europe.

Smugglers and traffickers profit from the Libyan anarchy sending hundreds of thousands of migrants to Italy in the last four years, although the flows have slowed since last summer because of the crackdown on smuggling networks supported by Italy

High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Charlie Yaxley For the fifth year in a row, the "terrible milestone" of 1,000 migrant deaths in the Mediterranean has been reached

a report published in 2018 by Human Rights Watch, boats full of migrants and asylum seekers attempting to cross the sea. were brought back to Libya after being intercepted by the Libyan coastguards, trained by the United Nations. EU and Italy. Upon their return, many were beaten and badually abused and were victims of kidnapping, extortion, conditions of detention and forced labor.

More than 400,000 migrants in Libya are vulnerable to abuse and human rights violations. in smuggling, trafficking and exploitation of this group, "notes the International Organization for Migration in a report.

-Al Jazeera