Another human tragedy in Mediterranean
No ending drama for the desperate refugees
“Bodies of 18 migrants sailing from Libya to Italy have been found in the Mediterranean in first such incident since the European Union took charge of rescue operations in the area.”
“The corpses were found 40 miles off the Libyan capital, Tripoli. The migrants were probably heading toward the Italian island of Lampedusa, one of the main destinations of migrants sailing from Africa to Europe.”
“Reports suggest that only in the first six months of 2014, more than 65,000 people took the risk of making illegal crossing from Africa to Europe. More than 15,000 people have landed during the time span.”
“Italian vessels recently rescued around 800 people in the Mediterranean. However, thousands continue to die at sea with most of them being drowned or dehydrated.”
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