Washington Post: More shipwrecks in Mediterranean claim migrants’ lives, spur recriminations
PARIS — The death toll from a week of migrant-smuggling disasters in the Mediterranean spiked Friday with the discovery of more than 100 drowning victims off the Libyan coast amid searches for survivors of at least two other stricken boats in waters off Crete and Egypt.
The new wrecks padded a toll estimated to exceed 1,000 this week and spurred recriminations about whether Europe was doing enough to head off the risky crossings.
Col. Ayoub Gassim, a spokesman for Libya’s navy, told the Associated Press that Libyan coast guard personnel found a capsized smuggling boat Thursday. Given the typical capacity of these vessels, he said, the actual death toll may even be as high as 125.
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WNU Editor: Even if 1,000 drowned today .... this is not going to stop the massive migration wave to Europe that is happening right now.
More News On Today's Migration Deaths In the Mediterranean
Europe migrant crisis: 104 asylum seekers wash up on Libya beach; hundreds missing off Greece coast -- ABC News Online
117 migrant bodies washed up on Libyan beach: Red Crescent -- AFP
117 bodies found off Libyan coast as smuggling boat sinks -- Chicago Tribune
Migrant Crisis: Libyan Officials Find 117 Bodies; Greece Rescues Over 300 in Mediterranean -- NBC
Another refugee boat sinks off Libyan coast, 100 bodies recovered -- UPI
Dangerous migrant smuggling routes flourish in lawless Libya -- Reuters
More Migrant Deaths -- The Atlantic
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