Hundreds dead in migrant boat capsize as people flee war torn Libya for Italy
- 9 years ago
About 400 migrants died while trying to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized, survivors said on Tuesday, according to reporting by Reuters.
The boat, which was carrying about 550 migrants, flipped about 24 hours after leaving the Libyan coast, Reuters cited international non-government organization Save the Children as saying. Save the Children said that some of the 150 survivors who were rescued were brought to a southern Italian port on Tuesday morning, according to Voice of America, adding that there were "many young boys" were among the victims.
The EU border control agency Frontex said migrant traffickers later fired shots at rescuers to prevent their wooden boat from being taken, Reuters reported. The traffickers reportedly approached in a speed boat and fired several shots into the air before speeding away with the empty vessel.
The European Union says that more than 7,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean since last Friday, the BBC reported.
Excluding the latest capsize, there has already been more than 500 deaths since January of migrants seeking to enter Italy from the African coast, according to the Wall Street Journal.
More than 170,000 migrants reached Italy last year, the WSJ reported the Italian government as saying, with most of them from Libya.
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The boat, which was carrying about 550 migrants, flipped about 24 hours after leaving the Libyan coast, Reuters cited international non-government organization Save the Children as saying. Save the Children said that some of the 150 survivors who were rescued were brought to a southern Italian port on Tuesday morning, according to Voice of America, adding that there were "many young boys" were among the victims.
The EU border control agency Frontex said migrant traffickers later fired shots at rescuers to prevent their wooden boat from being taken, Reuters reported. The traffickers reportedly approached in a speed boat and fired several shots into the air before speeding away with the empty vessel.
The European Union says that more than 7,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean since last Friday, the BBC reported.
Excluding the latest capsize, there has already been more than 500 deaths since January of migrants seeking to enter Italy from the African coast, according to the Wall Street Journal.
More than 170,000 migrants reached Italy last year, the WSJ reported the Italian government as saying, with most of them from Libya.
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