THE tragedy in Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea continues non-stop. Over 10,000 migrants were rescued alone during the past four days while 54 were dead but the cruelty of war-lords in some Muddle East countries such as Syria, Iraq, Yemen and abject poverty in Sub-Saharan countries sees no end to end the stream of displaced people from their home to reach the Italian coast for safety. Europe is the most secured place but most migrants are drowning in the sea while trying to reach Italy. The nightmare continues over the past several years and unpopular Arab leaders and their Western backers who are using all brutalities to achieve their own political objectives are not letting the situation to change. The specter of war is causing the biggest refugee migration since the Second World War.
The death and rescue operation from the sea over the past several days show the desperate search of the ill-fated migrants to find shelter. Reports said Tunisian army rescued 126 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa hoping to reach Italian shores. They were aboard a flimsy inflatable boat off the Tunisian coastal near the Libyan border. In another incidents more than 1,200 migrants were rescued by Libyan ships on Friday and taken to the shore for safety while the Italian Coastguard and commercial boats rescued 2,200 others and took them to Italy. Italian coastguard also recovered at least 10 bodies on that drive. In the same week ending Sunday, another 6,400 migrants were picked up between Tuesday and Thursday with at least 44 died. Some of these people were killed when a powerful wave struck their vessel. Officials expressed fears that many more people were still missing at sea.
More than 50,000 migrants have reached the Italian coast since the start of the year — not counting those rescued in recent days, while more than 1,400 have drowned or are missing, according to UN figures. More than 181,000 migrants entered Italy last year and over 90 percent arrived via Libya. The North African country has long been a stepping stone for migrants seeking to reach Europe for safety.
It is clear that migrant crisis will exit, as long there are places where war continues non-stop or where there is tremendous economic plight in a situation where war-lords and wealthy oligarchs are controlling nations’ resources. Migrants are now both war refugees as well as economic refugees because much of their distinction has disappeared as people have become homeless from long-term war in their countries.
We must say it is the Western nations, which have their hands behind the plight of the refugees leaving their countries and trying to take shelter in the West. It is now equally incumbent upon them to stop war and violence in war ravage Middle East countries to create situation for migrants to return home. Nobody is safe so long such war and violence will continue in the Middle East and African countries.
The death and rescue operation from the sea over the past several days show the desperate search of the ill-fated migrants to find shelter. Reports said Tunisian army rescued 126 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa hoping to reach Italian shores. They were aboard a flimsy inflatable boat off the Tunisian coastal near the Libyan border. In another incidents more than 1,200 migrants were rescued by Libyan ships on Friday and taken to the shore for safety while the Italian Coastguard and commercial boats rescued 2,200 others and took them to Italy. Italian coastguard also recovered at least 10 bodies on that drive. In the same week ending Sunday, another 6,400 migrants were picked up between Tuesday and Thursday with at least 44 died. Some of these people were killed when a powerful wave struck their vessel. Officials expressed fears that many more people were still missing at sea.
More than 50,000 migrants have reached the Italian coast since the start of the year — not counting those rescued in recent days, while more than 1,400 have drowned or are missing, according to UN figures. More than 181,000 migrants entered Italy last year and over 90 percent arrived via Libya. The North African country has long been a stepping stone for migrants seeking to reach Europe for safety.
It is clear that migrant crisis will exit, as long there are places where war continues non-stop or where there is tremendous economic plight in a situation where war-lords and wealthy oligarchs are controlling nations’ resources. Migrants are now both war refugees as well as economic refugees because much of their distinction has disappeared as people have become homeless from long-term war in their countries.
We must say it is the Western nations, which have their hands behind the plight of the refugees leaving their countries and trying to take shelter in the West. It is now equally incumbent upon them to stop war and violence in war ravage Middle East countries to create situation for migrants to return home. Nobody is safe so long such war and violence will continue in the Middle East and African countries.
