Closing the smuggling route from Libya to Europe is "within our reach", EU chief Donald Tusk said on Thursday. Thursday’s migrants were saved by the Aquarius, a humanitarian ship chartered by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF). MSF said earlier on Thursday that the first 100 migrants saved at dawn -- including seven women and 41 unaccompanied minors -- had warned them others were also adrift at sea. On the Aquarius, the idea of blocking migrants in Libya where they are victims of abuse and torture seems utterly inhumane. Italy says some 4,480 people were rescued and brought to the country in January, while the UN says over 220 people died or were lost at sea.

Source: Viet Nam News February 03, 2017 04:11 UTC