The agencies said the week was the busiest for migrant leaving leaving Libya to Italy in 2016. They said about 14,000 have been rescued since Monday.
“We will never know exact numbers,” Medecins San Frontieres said in a tweet after estimating that the number of deaths stood at 900. UNHCR says more than 700 had drowned.
The migrants often cannot swim or do not have protective gear.
The arrivals, this week, included Eritreans, Sudanese, Nigerians and many other West Africans, according to the agencies, which said the boats that arrived this week possibly left from Sabratha in Libya. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Nigerians will be claiming BH is the reason they flee Nigeria. The questions always on my lips are: how come the real northerners are not5 fleeing the North like other ethnic groups? How come these other ethnic groups do not flee to other parts of Nigeria or other parts of Africa, rather they take the longer route by the sea and end up losing their lives. Shame!
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