There were a total of 95 migrants on the two vessels. The first boat was carrying 26 Bangladeshi migrants, four of whom died the organization said in a statement. The second boat carried 69 migrants, including two Egyptians and several dozen Sudanese. Their fate is unknown.
Migrants on their way to Europe
North African Libya is one of the starting points from which people fleeing the Middle East, Africa and Asia try to reach Europe across the Mediterranean Sea.
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Migrants typically pay several thousand euros for the risky journey on often overloaded and unsuitable boats and ships. The destination of cruises is often the Italian island of Lampedusa. Since the beginning of this year, according to data from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), over 61,000 people have reached the Italian coast. migrants, mainly from Libya.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) project called “Missing Migrants”, approximately 33,000 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea since 2014. migrants.
