700 Fear Dead as Migrants Boat Capsize off Libya

The latest report on the issue of African and Arab Immigrants influx to Europe is the possibility of 700 deaths in boat misfortune that has occurred in the area close Lampedusa, Italy.

The Mediterranean Sea has been busy with overloaded boat and rickety ship carrying immigrants fleeing hardship in their home countries for sometimes now and disturbing reports of migrants experiences on the high sea published.

 The boat that is most likely to be carrying African and Arab fleeing civil strife and poverty in the north and north eastern part of Africa as well as Syria, Iraq and Libya. Good weather has also been fingered as instigating factor.

Unlike these ones, many migrants who were lucky to be rescued or arrived safely at the Sicily and other Italian or Greek ports have many harrowing and upsetting stories to tell.

Some others had drown as it has happen today and last week in which more than 100 other immigrants died when the overloaded boat they were traveling capsized also. 

 In another worrisome account of co-travelers, 15 Muslim Immigrants were reported to have their fellow travelers, 12 of them who were Christian off board. Though they were later rescued and brought on board their fate and state of health afterwards is unknown.

Sometimes the migrants are made slaves and become captives of tour operators and their (human) traffickers who grossly exploit their situation and abuse their rights.

The plight of the immigrants and the humanitarian crisis that may be tickling came into the open last week when Italian Government through the Foreign Minister, Pao Gentiloni called for the support of the European Union in tackling the unending influx of African and Arab Immigrants into Italy ports.