The immigrants from Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, aboard two pneumatic and were preparing to travel to European shores boats, according to the source. One boat was intercepted about four miles north of Garbuli, at 05.00 local time (03.00 GMT), with 90 immigrants on their board. Returning migrants with prisoners, the Coast Guard ran into a second vessel, carrying another hundred at a distance of two miles from the coast. The Coast Guard spokesman said the migrants were transferred to detention centers to conduct medical examinations. According to the first testimonies of detainees, four of his colleagues are missing after falling off the boat. Libya, whose authorities have acknowledged their inability to control the borders, has become a transit country to European shores for thousands of Africans. Last September, a boat carrying 250 African migrants of different nationalities sank off the coast of Tripoli and only 36 persons were rescued alive, while the rest were unaccounted for. Four months ago, the Interior Minister Saleh Mazek, appealed for the EU to Libya to provide support to address the phenomenon of immigration, as the North African country lacks the means to cope. He also asked for help from Niger, Chad and Sudan to assist in the control of common borders and prevent the influx of immigrants. According to the lethal Travel, published three days ago by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than 4,000 immigrants have died so far this year trying to reach a developed country after fleeing a reality of violence and poverty . 75 percent of these 4,000 people died crossing the Mediterranean in a desperate bid to reach European shores. EFE
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:54:30 +0000
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