The coast guard has also been widely criticised for not trying to rescue the migrants before their vessel sank. Instead, the ship sank in international waters two hours after midnight on June 14. “In the pulling, (the trawler) sank,” he said. “One side went up and the people fell from there into the sea,” Sheikhi told Rudaw. He said he had no choice,” Shamraiz told The Associated Press.

Source: Libya Today June 20, 2023 12:01 UTC