off the coast of the city of Misurat in the north-west of Libya found the bodies of 16 illegal migrants.
According to the Libyan red crescent, the bodies have been discovered over the past two days in the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
In accordance with the order of the prosecutor’s office in the area, search and rescue work continues.
The route through the Central Mediterranean, which runs between Libya, Tunisia, Malta and Italy, remains one of the most actively used ways of illegal migration to Europe.
Illegal migrants who seek to get into the European Union often sail from the coast of North Africa in crowded and unreliable boats. In this area, rescue operations, as a rule, are carried out by European non -governmental organizations (NGOs), since the official bodies of the EU often do not participate in evacuation.
However, since 2023, the activities of such NGOs have been complicated due to new legislative restrictions introduced, in particular, in Italy. In addition, the EU countries are often refused to provide the so -called “safe harbor” for the landing of saved migrants.
The first arrival of the first arrival for many migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea is the Italian island of Lampeduza – the point of Europe the closest to the African coast.
Meanwhile, many migrants die annually when trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The main causes of the tragedies are to overturn boats, dehydration, lack of oxygen and poisoning with exhaust gases in poorly ventilated swimming agents.