Off the coast of Libya sank two ships with migrants
MOSCOW, 23 Mar — RIA Novosti. Two of the vessel with migrants sank in the Mediterranean near the coast of Libya, at least 250 people aboard, could have been killed, reports AFP.
According to the Agency, rescuers found 24 kilometers from the Libyan coast two partially sunken inflatable boat.
At the moment, managed to get out of the water five bodies.
According to the EU Agency Frontex, Italy on the Central Mediterranean route in 2016 net profit of more than 180 thousand people, mostly immigrants from Africa, most of them Nigerians, and the citizens of Eritrea, Guinea, côte d’ivoire and the Gambia.
The number of dead and missing migrants in 2016 amounted to more than 5 thousand people.