Over 800 drown in fatal attempts to reach Europedfrom AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, LibyaTRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – AT least 871 migrants have died or are missing during the dangerous attempt to reach Europe through the Mediterranean this year. The deaths at sea, mostly through boats that depart Libya, are in line with trends reported by the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) over three years. This year, nearly 140 irregular migrants have died trying to reach Spain, which is about two-thirds the 2017 total, yet with three quarters of the year remaining. In Italy, there have been 360 deaths on the Mediterranean’s Central Route through 100 days to the beginning of 2018. Most of those migrants rescued from a rubber boat trying to reach Italy were from Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria and Sudan.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 09, 2018 04:18 UTC