They were aboard boats in the Mediterranean. This week there have been several shipwrecks of migrants trying to reach the French coast. In Spain, there have been arrivals to the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.
Los Libyan Coast Guard They intercepted dozens of immigrants heading to Europe on a boat. They have been returned to land, as reported by the country’s authorities this Saturday, a few days after a shipwreck off the coast of the North African country will leave almost two dozens dead or missing.
The ship was carrying 64 immigrants and was intercepted on Friday off the northwestern city of Sirte, according to the city’s Coast Guard unit. She published images on Facebook in which dozens of migrants were seen, including at least one woman and one childupon his return. The Coast Guard too They set fire to the boat of migrants, a procedure aimed at preventing their reuse by traffickers.
Migrant shipwreck
On Wednesday, a boat with 32 migrants from Egypt and Syria capsized off the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, leaving 22 missing who may have died, although this has not been confirmed. The Coast Guard Libya stated that it had rescued nine people and recovered one body.
In recent years, human traffickers have benefited from the political disorder in Libyaintroducing clandestinely migrants across the country’s extensive borders. The migrants are crammed into poorly equipped boatsincluding rubber boats, and undertake risky sea voyages to Europe.
According to the missing migrants project of the International Organization for Migrationbetween January and August of this year at least 434 dead and 611 missing off the Libyan coast, while more than 14,100 migrants were intercepted and returned to land.
The intercepted migrants are detained in Government-run Detention Centers in which abuses are committed, such as forced labor, beatings, rape and torture, practices that constitute crimes against humanityaccording to researchers commissioned by the UN.
Abuses are often accompanied by attempts to extort migrants’ families imprisoned before releasing them or allowing them to leave Libya on smuggling vessels bound for Europe.
