An inflatable boat collapsed and sank in The Mediterranean Sea off Libyan coast, leaving at least 30 peopleIncluding women And the childrenmissing and afraid deadAnd the international The charity said Wednesday. marked latest Tragedy at sea involves migrants seeking refuge in Europe.
ship sank in The deadly Central Mediterranean Route, Doctors Without Borders said, also known by its acronym MSF for French name of The group.
A rescue ship operated by Doctors Without Borders reached the boat and managed to save dozens of Other immigrants including some women, the charity said. pregnant woman died on board Rescue ship Geo Barents.
Among the missing migrants are five women and eight children, Doctors Without Borders said.
“We’ve seen a lot people drowning – men women And the children We will never forget the day we had yesterday. We tried to save them but we couldn’t save them all,” said a 17-year-old boy from Cameroon in certificate posted by MSF on Twitter.
Libya has in Recent years have emerged as a dominant crossing point for Migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East. The oil-rich country plunged into chaos in the wake of the NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. in 2011.
traffickers in human beings in The last years have benefited from chaos in Libya, smuggling in Across the country’s long borders with six Countries. Then the migrants are stuffed into bad places.equipped Inflatable boats and set off on Perilous cruises.
Among the migrants who were rescued from the sinking of the boat on Monday is a woman who lost her baby in drowning and another one who She lost two children, the charity said. three people on board Needing emergency care, including a 4-month-old baby baby They were evacuated to Malta. The baby was evacuated along with His mother, MSF, said.
“Survivors are exhausted; many of them ate large quantities of sea water and multi people Suffered from hypothermia after spending a lot hours in Stephanie Hofstetter, a physician with Doctors Without Borders, said: team leader on board.
The charity has contacted for Italian and Maltese authorities to determine the port of safety to me allow go down of survivors.
Loss of life is latest Tragedy at sea involving migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from the North African country in A desperate attempt to reach European shores.
“This is an example of What happens weekly, if not daily in “Central Mediterranean,” spokeswoman Safa Meshali said. for International Organization for immigration. “shortage of active Monitoring and search and rescue by government agencies makes it very difficult for us to get full picture.”
In recent years, the European Union has cooperated with The Libyan authorities are blocking the crossings in Policies criticized by rights groups.
Rights groups and UN agencies have for Years Documented Systematic Violations of immigrants in Libya, including forced labour, beatings, rape and torture. Abuse often accompanies extortion efforts money of families before allowing migrants to leave Libya on smugglers’ boats.
Meanwhile, the Libyan authorities said Wednesday that they found Organizations of At least 20 immigrants who parch in Desert, 120 kilometers (about 75 miles) from the border with Chad.
Ambulance and emergency department in southeast city of And the infidels said that the immigrants were like that on they way From Chad to Libya when vehicle smash down310 km south of The city.
It was not immediately clear When vehicle smash down.
Agency posted shots online Show rescue workers put dead immigrants in black body bags, by moving them to wait vehicles.
