43 Migrants headed to Europe drown as they leave Libya

Migrants who were headed for Europe travelled off the coast of Libya through to the Mediterranean Sea drowned midway. As per latest reports, 43 migrants have drowned with the boat that capsized on Wednesday.

The United Nations migration agency confirmed the news saying that the ship indeed overturned on January 20. The international agency said that the ‘tragic’ incident was the first maritime disaster of 2021 that involved migrants, those seeking better lives in Europe.

Last year, many such incidents occurred where those seeking to go to Europe and start their new lives in the continent away by an ocean from a distance, lost their lives. The European Union has stepped up and partnered with Libya’s coast guard and their local groups to stem the sea crossing.

Many of the human rights groups do not approve of these policies compiled by the EU saying that they make locals more vulnerable to the armed groups and subject them to confinement and abuses.

After the accident, the IOM passed a statement saying that the coastal security forces rescued ten migrants from the shipwreck on Tuesday. People were found in Libya’s western town of Zuwara and coastal guards brought them to the shore. It was later confirmed by the survivors that those who died in the sea were all men from Western African nation.

Since over a decade, many people have left Libya due to sheer mismanagement by the government and since 2011, the country has been divided into two parts. 10 years ago, log tie dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed leading the country into a dark hemisphere that was majorly dominated by the Russian and Turkish population.

This has resulted in families and migrant workers living in Libya resort to desperate measures to flee from the war-torn country. Smugglers and greedy people often take advantage of this desperation. They arrange ill-equipped rubber boats that are no match for the thunder in Mediterranean Sea especially taken through the central route.

The U.N. migration and refugee agencies said, “"Arbitrary arrests and arbitrary detention in the direst of conditions continue (in Libya). Many are victimized and exploited by traffickers and smugglers, held for ransom, tortured, and abused.”

Last year, the IOM had released data revealing that till November, nearly 500 migrants have lost lives trying to cross the sea and enter Europe.

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