የጣሊያን ፖሊሶች ከ1 ሺ በላይ የሚሆኑ ስደተኞችን ህይወት አተረፉ

ከአፍሪካ በመርከብ ተሳፍረው ወደ አውሮፓ ለመግባት የሞከሩ 1 ሺ 100 የሚጠጉ ስደተኞች በጣሊያን ፖሊሶች እርዳታ አውሮፓ እንዲገቡ ተድርጓል።ከዚህ በፊት ላምባዱሳ እየተባለ በሚጠራው የጣሊያን ግዛት አካባቢ ከደረሰውን አሰቃቂ አደጋ በሁዋላ የጣሊያን ፖሊሶች ወደ አውሮፓ የሚገቡ አፍሪካውያንን ህይወት እየታደጉ ይገኛል።ባለፉት 24 ሰአታት ውስጥ ወደ አውሮፓ ከገቡት መካከል 50 ህጻናትና 47 ሴቶች ይገኙበታል። ስደተኞች ወደ አውሮፓ ከገቡ በሁዋላ አብዛኞቹ  ህጋዊ ወረቀት አያገኙም።

More than a thousand would-be North African migrants were rescued by the Italian navy about 120 miles southeast of the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, authorities say.

The BBC says that 1,123 people, from sub-Saharan Africa, were intercepted on Wednesday as they tried to make the passage in inflatable boats, but were intercepted by authorities. They included 47 women, four of them pregnant, and 50 children, the BBC says.

For background:

“Some 2,000 migrants landed on Italian shores last month, nearly 10 times the number recorded in January 2013.”

“According to the government, last year saw an ‘incessant and massive influx of migrants’ with a total of 42,925 arrivals by sea, or more than three times as many as in 2012.”

“The true number of migrants who died attempting the perilous crossing is unknown, but in October more than 400 people drowned in two shipwrecks near Lampedusa, the closest Italian territory to North Africa.”

Separately, The Associated Press reports that seven people drowned Thursday as they tried to evade border guards near a land-crossing into Cueta, a near the Strait of Gibraltar. Some 150 others “were driven back by border guards, prompting many to attempt to swim around thefrontier fence,” The Associated Press says.

The Associated Press writes:

“With two Spanish enclaves on its coast, Morocco is a magnet for immigrants from all over Africaseeking jobs in Europe.”

“Every month, hundreds of immigrants attempt to force their way into Ceuta, near the city of Tetouan, and Melilla to the east using human wave tactics to scale the high fences. Rights groups have repeatedly criticized the treatment of migrants at the hands of security forces, describing beatings, arbitrary arrests, abuse and expulsions across desert borders without water.”

source NPR