Desperate Migrants En Route To Italy From Libya Drown In The Mediterranean

Economic desperation has
pushed migrants to their
untimely death at the
Mediterranean. Last week
reports came in that about 500
illegal migrants from Africa
died at sea as they were being
smuggled from Libya to Italy.
The shipwreck is considered one
if not the deadliest of previous
cases. The sad news of the
death of illegal migrants has
become common place in Africa.
So much so that the gravity of
the ugly incidences are casually
felt. These unidentified dead
migrants are speculated to be
about 500. It is speculated also
that they may largely be from
sub-Saharan Africa, Egyyt and
Somalia.
The boat was overloaded and as
a result capsized at the
Mediterranean sea. It is
reported that they were being
smuggled into Italy by sea
through Libya. In recent times
Libya has been over-flocked by
migrants ready to cross over
to Europe. A reliable source
says the boat sank after the
smugglers attempted to add
more people to the boat. Some
migrants were transferred
from the smaller ones to the
already “overburdened”