43 missing after boat sinks off Tunisia coast from Libya to Europe
On June 24, the Tunisian Coast Guard rescued 267 migrants floating in the Mediterranean Sea !
43 missing including Bangladeshi boat sinking on its way to Europe
Tunisia's Red Crescent says at least 43 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the country's coast. It is known that Bangladeshis were among them. However, the details are not yet known.
The migrants started their journey from the Libyan port of Juara and they wanted to migrate to Europe. Tunisia's Red Crescent chief Mangi Slim said the country's navy had rescued 64 more people.
Migrants are trying to reach Europe from North Africa with the opportunity of summer. Apart from Bangladesh, the boat which started its journey on Monday had citizens of Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea. The boat sank after the engine stopped.
According to the Tunisian Ministry of Defense, migrants rescued from the country's port of Georges range in age from three to 40 years.
According to local radio broadcasts, the Tunisian Red Crescent provided them with food and drinking water. At the same time, they are working on where to place them for covid isolation.
Libya, a preferred transit point to Europe
Libya is a preferred transit point for those who want to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
Tunisia has also become one of the major centers and has called on the European Union to help alleviate poverty in the African region by solving the migration problem.
Earlier, on Sunday, June 26, a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Europe sank in the Mediterranean Sea. The Tunisian navy later rescued 18 migrants from the boat.
The bodies of two other immigrants were found in the boat at that time. The Tunisian authorities said the migrants were citizens of Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Syria and Tunisia.
On June 24, the Tunisian Coast Guard rescued 27 migrants floating in the Mediterranean. Of these immigrants, 264 are Bangladeshis. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said they had been rescued on the same day as they were heading to Europe illegally from Libya via the Mediterranean.
In the last two years, the number of immigrants from Libya to various European countries has increased. Mongi Slim warned late last month that hostels for immigrants in southern Tunisia were overcrowded.
Italy has become one of the ways for thousands of immigrants from different parts of the world to migrate to different countries in Europe. However, attempts by immigrants to travel to Europe via Italy often fail. The number of immigrants traveling to Europe via Italy has increased again this year.
About 19,700 immigrants have arrived in Italy since the beginning of the year; Most of them have fled to Africa and the Middle East to escape conflict and poverty.
But at the same time last year, the number of immigrants arriving in Italy was only 6,800, according to the country's interior ministry.
Immigration boats shot in international waters, caught on camera
A group of immigrants was fleeing to Europe in search of a safer life across the rough seas of the Mediterranean. On the way, they fell in front of the Libyan Coast Guard. Libyan forces opened fire on them. Trying to push the boat.
The small boat could have sunk if it had moved a little, it would have killed dozens of people. Such an awful scene in the middle of the sea was captured on camera by an observer organization. Source: AP
The German-based non-governmental organization C-Watch captured the scene last Wednesday while conducting an observation mission in the Mediterranean. The video was later shared on social media. Captured from the plane
As seen in the video, about two dozen immigrants were heading out to sea in a small engine-driven wooden boat. At the time, a Libyan Coast Guard ship was chasing them. It was spinning dangerously around the boat.
In a statement, C-Watch authorities said,
Several times during this time, the ship went very close to the small boat and tried to hit it. They also fired at the boat at least twice. According to C-Watch, the incident took place in international waters, where the Malta government is responsible for search and rescue operations.
The watchdog group said it had requested the Libyan authorities to stop endangering the lives of migrants by radio during the incident. The Libyan response at the time was that they were trying to protect those immigrants.
In a statement, C-Watch authorities said they had to return without seeing the whole incident as the plane was running out of fuel. They later learned that the boat had reached the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday morning.
Authorities in Libya, Malta and Lampedusa have not yet commented on the incident. However, C-Watch has called on the European Union to stop providing all kinds of assistance to the Libyan Coast Guard.
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