Arab world – 74 migrants die in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast

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The International Organization for Migration yesterday announced the deaths of at least 74 migrants following the sinking of a ship off the coast of Khums in Libya yesterday Thursday.

According to a report from the United Nations website, the boat was carrying more than 120 people, including women and children.

The site pointed out that the coast guard and fishermen managed to bring 47 people to the beach and 31 bodies were recovered, while the search for the victims continues.

The International Organization for Migration has indicated that at least 19 people, including two children, have died in the past two days after two boats capsized in the central Mediterranean.

According to the International Organization for Migration, at least 900 people have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach European coasts, some of them due to delays in rescue operations during the current year.

Federico Soda, Director of the International Organization for Migration in Libya said:

“The increasing loss of life in the Mediterranean is a manifestation of the inability of nations to take decisive action to redeploy the necessary search and rescue capabilities in the world’s deadliest sea crossings.”

The International Organization for Migration has recorded a sudden increase in departures from the country, as around 1900 people have been intercepted and repatriated, and more than 780 people have arrived in Italy from Libya, since the beginning of October alone.