{"id":6559,"date":"2023-12-17T00:27:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T00:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=6559"},"modified":"2023-12-17T00:27:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T00:27:34","slug":"women-children-among-61-migrants-drown-after-shipwreck-off-libya-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=6559","title":{"rendered":"Women, children among 61 migrants drown after shipwreck off Libya | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As many as 61 migrants, together with girls and youngsters, drowned after a &#8220;tragic&#8221; shipwreck off Libya, the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM) in Libya mentioned on social media platform X on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure> <amp-img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2023\/12\/16\/550x309\/shipwreck_1702770577284_1702770584415.jpeg\" width=\"355\" height=\"199\" layout=\"responsive\"> <\/amp-img><figcaption> Picture used for representational objective (Photograph | AP) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND NOT usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<p>The IOM quoted survivors\u202e \u202cas saying the boat, carrying round 86 individuals, departed the Libyan metropolis of Zwara, information company Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt10 mb10\">Keep tuned with breaking information on HT Channel on Fb. <a class=\"whatsappChannelsSecondPara\" href=\"https:\/\/m.me\/j\/AbZn8-1o5t9f--iU\/\">Join Now<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Libya, which has had little stability or safety since a NATO-backed rebellion in 2011, is a significant launching level for individuals looking for to succeed in Europe by sea. Folks-smuggling networks are primarily run by navy factions that management coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p>In current months, safety forces in Libya have reportedly cracked down on migrants with detentions and deportations. <\/p>\n<p>In an analogous incident, a minimum of 79 migrants drowned in June and tons of extra had been lacking and feared useless after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in certainly one of Europe&#8217;s deadliest transport disasters in recent times.<\/p>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND NOT usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<p>A media report mentioned the boat left from Libya, and a transport ministry official who spoke on situation of anonymity mentioned most of these on board had been from Egypt, Syria and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>In February, 96 individuals died when their wood boat smashed into rocks on Italy&#8217;s Calabrian coast throughout a storm.<\/p>\n<p>Greek state broadcaster ERT mentioned the boat was en path to Italy from the Libyan city of Tobruk, which lies south of the Greek island of Crete. Greek authorities didn&#8217;t verify the vessel&#8217;s departure port.<\/p>\n<p>Greece is without doubt one of the fundamental routes into the European Union for refugees and migrants from the Center East, Asia and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>However for the reason that earlier conservative authorities of Kyriakos Mitsotakis launched more durable controls on the nation&#8217;s migrant camps, extra individuals have chosen to make an extended, riskier sea journey from Turkey to Italy by way of Greece.<\/p>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND NOT usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<section amp-access=\"NOT userSubscribed AND usCountry\"> <template amp-access-template=\"\" type=\"amp-mustache\"> {{^userSubscribed}}  {{\/userSubscribed}} <\/template> <\/section>\n<p>The Greek migration ministry blamed worldwide smuggling networks for placing migrants&#8217; lives in danger, whereas Filippo Grandi, the UN Excessive Commissioner for Refugees, referred to as on governments to work collectively on creating secure pathways for individuals fleeing poverty and conflict.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sectionAboutAuthor\">\n<div class=\"htSlider trending\">\n<div class=\"htsWrapper\"> <amp-carousel height=\"170\" layout=\"fixed-height\" controls=\"\" type=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Basic usage carousel\" class=\"hts\"> <!-- single-author class for if there is 1 author --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"slideStory author-box single-author\"> <span class=\"about-the-author\"> ABOUT THE AUTHOR <\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"author-name-img\">\n<figure> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/author\/ht-news-desk-101650005059496\" data-vars-event-label=\"Author Details\" data-vars-event-value=\"1\" data-vars-event-section=\"world news\" class=\"trackAboutAuthors\"> <amp-img src=\"https:\/\/images.hindustantimes.com\/default\/257x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"33\" height=\"33\"\/> <\/a> <\/figure>\n<p class=\"author-news\"> Observe the most recent breaking information and developments from India and all over the world with Hindustan Instances&#8217; newsdesk. 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