How many people were killed when the Libyan refugee ship sank?

The refugee ship Libya sank, and only 16 people survived.

On June 30th, according to Al Jazeera News Network, on June 29th, local time, a ship carrying more than 100 refugees sank near the Libyan coast. About 100 people are missing or killed, and 16 people are still alive. According to Agence France-Presse, survivors said in an interview after the incident that when boarding the ship, the captain told the refugees that the ship would carry 20 people, but the actual load was far more than 20 people. The main cause of this incident was determined to be the engine burning and explosion during the voyage of the ship.

The Libyan Coast Guard said that the victims came from many different countries, including Morocco, Sudan and Syria. The exact number of immigrants on board was unknown at the time of the incident, but it was known that there were 15 women on board, including two babies and three children under 12 years old. The Libyan Coast Guard said on Friday that 65,438+06 survivors were found on a ship east of the capital Tripoli. According to Al Jazeera News Network, Libya's central government is weak and its territory is closest to Italy, making it the first choice for many Libyan refugees to travel to Europe.

However, crossing the Mediterranean is quite risky. The International Organization for Migration calls the Mediterranean the most dangerous coastal border in the world. 2017 * *, 3 1 16 people died during the migration in the Mediterranean. On June 29th, local time, EU heads of state experienced nearly 10 hours of intense negotiations in Brussels, and one of the important topics in this negotiation was the refugee issue. Earlier, the new Italian Prime Minister Conte refused to sign the EU summit statement because of the refugee problem, and the EU was in jeopardy. It is understood that Italy has always been the country receiving the largest number of refugees in the EU because of its geographical location.

During the negotiations, Conte asked EU member states to face up to the refugee problem and share the population pressure. Finally, EU countries reached an agreement on immigration. In the final statement, the leaders agreed to set up asylum processing places and restrict the flow of immigrants within the EU, but they made it clear that almost all the commitments will be implemented by member States on a "voluntary basis". After the announcement, the humanitarian organization MSF criticized the European agreement for "preventing refugees from entering Europe".

Source: Headlines