New shipwreck in Libya, it is feared more than 100 refugees died Posted by desk1 October 2, 2014 - 21:50 Dozens of lives, it is feared more than 100, have been broken by the latest wreck a few miles from the Libyan coast. On board the boat, they told eighty survivors were more than 180, mostly of African origin. The boat is sunk in front of the beach horror of Qarbouli, east of Tripoli, became tragically famous last August when dozens of corpses were recovered on the shore. The Libyan coast guard, no money and means, was able today to save more than 80 migrants: the survivors were crammed dozens of them, sitting on the ground in the port city, while the Coast Guard provided medical assistance. According to the first unofficial data, in 180-190 were on board the boat. Ten bodies have been recovered at sea, at least ninety other people are missing. Probably their bodies will be recovered in the next few hours on the beach or in other areas of Qarbouli dragged by the current. 2014 was a black year for the Mediterranean, with an exponential increase in deaths and migrants fleeing from January to 165,000 agreed to defy death to escape war, poverty and famine. A record according to the UN agency for refugees (UNHCR), which in the end of 2013 it had counted 60,000. It obvious that weighs the resurgence of conflicts in Mali, Nigeria or South Sudan, but also those in the Middle East, from Syria to the Gaza Strip. Libya must do its part to ensure the respect of human rights, he urged the High Commissioner Antonio Guterres. But its appeal is likely to remain unheard in a country plagued by civil war, without a central government, in which the violation of human rights is part of the tragic daily routine now. A concept that today in the morning Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini had already highlighted. Without a stable government and a rational interlocutor in Libya - said the Mogherini NATO Parliamentary Assembly being held in Catania - will be groped like to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.
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