SOS Mediterranean, which operates the Ocean Viking, a ship rescuing migrants, said a crashed rubber boat has been recovered in the Mediterranean, northeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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A wrecked ship wreck has been found off the Mediterranean coast of Libya. It is believed that more than 100 Migrant were carrying this ship, which was going towards Europe. An independent rescue group has informed about this. Significantly, a large number of people from Sub-Saharan Africa and other African countries try to go to Europe via Libya. But during this time thousands of migrants have died due to the overturning of the boat.
SOS Mediterranean, which operates the Ocean Viking, a ship rescuing migrants, said a crashed rubber boat has been recovered in the Mediterranean, northeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. There were about 130 people aboard this boat. SOS Mediterranean said in a statement that it has not found a single person alive. But about 10 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the boat. The statement said that our heart was broken by this incident. We are thinking about the people who have died and also about the families who do not know what happened to their loved ones.
Libya has become a major way for migrants to go to Europe
During the Arab Spring in Libya in 2011, the country’s dictator Moammar Gadhafi was ousted from power. Simultaneously, Gaddafi was assassinated. Libya has been facing civil war since then. At the same time, Libya has emerged as a major way for migrants migrating from war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East to Europe. Smugglers often put desperate families in rubber boats of the wrong way. After this, they are sent from the Mediterranean side towards Europe.
European Union reached agreement with Libya to stop migrants
The European Humanitarian Organization said that more than 350 people have drowned in the sea so far this year. This figure does not include the number of people killed in recent accidents. In recent years, the European Union has partnered with the Libyan Coast Guard and other local groups to prevent such dangerous sea crossings. At the same time, human rights groups say that due to these policies, the migrants remain at the mercy of the security forces. They are sent to the detention center, where they are tortured.
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