“This is an impressive figure that unfortunately shows that not enough is being done to save lives at sea,” IOM spokesman Flavio Di Giacomo said. In recent years, Libya has become a major transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East. Traffickers take advantage of this fact to smuggle migrants by boat across the Libyan border. Those intercepted and returned to Libya are held in government detention centers where they are subject to abuse, including forced labor, beatings, rape and torture. *Lusa
78 dead
In June, 78 migrants traveling from Libya to Italy died in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece. About 100 people survived.
Mediterranean
Since 2014, more than 27,000 migrants have died trying to reach Europe, according to the International Organization for Migration.
41 dead
In August, a boat carrying 45 migrants sank off the coast of Italy. Only four people survived.
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