Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency.<\/p>\n
Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals.<\/p>\n
Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea.<\/p>\n
But last year the EU reached a controversial deal to provide help to the Libyan coastguard to stop the flow of boats carrying migrants and refugees to Italy.<\/p>\n
Aid agencies and the UN accused European governments of taking an inhuman approach.<\/p>\n
“Ten bodies are reported to have washed up on Libyan shores,” the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said Pakistanis were increasingly trying to make the perilous crossing to Italy.<\/p>\n
Many are packed into unseaworthy vessels by smugglers who then abandon them to their fate in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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