Three members of a human trafficking gang involved with the boat capsize incident in the Mediterranean Sea on May 9 have been detained, Rapid Action Battalion says. Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli on May 12 confirmed deaths of 37 Bangladeshis in the boat capsize in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia. According to survivors, the Italy-bound boat had on board only men, including 51 Bangladeshis, three Egyptians, several Moroccans, Chadians and other Africans. Fourteen Bangladeshis, including a minor, were among the survivors, said the Red Crescent. The UN agency says 21,645 migrants, including 17,000 via sea and the rest via land, arrived in Europe as of May 8 this year.

Source: Libya Today May 17, 2019 05:14 UTC