Mediterranean: Hundreds of Migrants and Refugees Died or Gone Missing in Just One Week
A little more than a week into the New Year, close to 200 migrants or refugees have reportedly died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea – with up to 100 unaccounted for since Saturday, the United Nations migration agency on 10 January 2018 said.
“More has to be done to reduce irregular unsafe movements of people along the Central Mediterranean route,” he added.
By contrast, at a time when Mediterranean migrants’ death dropped sharply, IOM recorded only 26 on the Mediterranean Sea lanes in December.
While January 2017 had witnessed some 254 deaths, this week’s reports suggest that the start of 2018 may be even deadlier.
IOM reported on Tuesday [9 Januray 2017] hat 81 Mediterranean Sea deaths of migrants or refugees were recorded in the first eight days of the year – five in Western Mediterranean waters off Spain and Morocco, the rest between Italy and Libya.
In the latest, and third deadliest, shipwreck in the Mediterranean since Saturday, the Libyan Coast Guard rescued three rubber boats with 279 migrants – 19 women, 243 men, 13 boys and four girls – in an operation lasting at least 12 hours.
According to survivors, and a press release by Libya’s Coast Guard, about 100 people on board remained missing.
IOM was present at the disembarkation point in Tripoli and provided the survivors with food and water.
IOM’s Christine Petré reported that the boats departed from the coastal towns of Azzawiyah and Al Khums – with most of the survivors hailing from African countries, including Senegal, Mali and Nigeria.
The Libyan Cost Guard reported that eight are from Bangladesh while two are from Pakistan.
The UN migration agency continues to provide support and direct humanitarian assistance to the survivors of this latest tragedy, many of whom now are at Libya’s Tajoura detention centre.
AUDIO: Director of the Media and Communication Division of IOM, Leonard Doyle, talks about reports that close to 200 migrants are feared dead at sea already this year along the perilous central Mediterranean migration route. (SOURCE: UN).
Related:
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 1072 in First Week of 2018; Deaths: 81
Source: https://human-wrongs-watch.net/2018/01/11/mediterranean-hundreds-of-migrants-and-refugees-died-or-gone-missing-in-just-one-week/
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