Not
less than 3,800 migrants have been confirmed dead or missing and nowhere to be
traced in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 alone, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said, after 25 death bodies were found in
a boat at the coast of Libya recently.
The
office of the High Commissioner said the year 2016 is the deadliest in the
Mediterranean scenario, after the death toll has jumped passed last year’s,
when 3,771 people died.
Ironically,
the number of boats crossing to Italy, through the Mediterranean Sea this year,
has reduced when compared to last year.
Our
correspondent said while the smugglers maximally exploit the jungle rule in
Libya by smuggling and trafficking every soul they come across, the
international political scene seems to neglect the humanitarian concerns of the
migrants.
The
governments of many migrant-originating countries are not fully engaged in any
serious protocol to address the situation.
As
a result, these governments continue the status quo leading to many of their
citizens leaving the country to take the perilous way to Europe.