LIBYA: IMMIGRANTS RESCUED AFTER TWO DAYS ON THE SEA – Migration flows to Europe continue

Nearly 80 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya after staying for two days in the Mediterranean sea, while seven people lost their lives.

The 77 immigrants, including one woman and one child, rescued last Thursday in the open city of Zawiya, in western Libya, as reported by sources from the Libyan coastguard and officials of the International Migration Organization.

According to the survivors who stayed in the sea for two days, the boat sank because it was overloaded. Some of the survivors have burn marks because they have stayed in the sea under the sun for many hours. Refugees were taken back to Libya where they provided with first aid.

Plastic and wooden boats carrying about 2,300 migrants were found in international waters between Libya and Italy, as the Italian coastguard reports. Since the beginning of the year, about 50,000 people have been able to reach Italy. Nearly 6,350 were rescued but were taken back to Libya, from where they had left, while more than 1,440 were drowned. Only last week 34 people died, including many young children.