Migrants died of suffocation inside a container

Thirteen migrants died of suffocation inside the container with which a truck was carrying them…
to a beach in western Libya in order to try to reach by sea in Europe, announced today the libyan Red Crescent.
The tragedy was added to a series of πολύνεκρων event with victims of irregular migrants from countries in Africa or the Middle East who depart from Libya, a country where there is chaos, with the hope to reach Europe, where they dream that awaits them a better life.
On Tuesday, a total of 69 irregular migrants were discovered inside a container that was being transported by a truck as they tried to reach the beach of Homs, a city 115 km. from the capital Tripoli. The thirteen of them, among them two children, were dead. Dead and alive were transferred to the detention centre in Homs, explained in the page on the social networking site Facebook in the annex to the libyan Red Crescent in the center.
The International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) confirmed that it was informed by the libyan Red Crescent in Homs that ‘ 69 immigrants of various nationalities were discovered inside a container close to the city. Some were already dead, the health of many others is in a bad situation”.
“They have remained enclosed within the container for four days,” explained the ICRC in a statement.
The libyan Red Crescent stated that it was notified early yesterday morning from the detention centre of Homs for the advent “of a group of irregular migrants and corpses, threw them in the entrance of the centre in the night”.
Questioned by afp, the spokesman for the libyan Red Crescent Mohammad al Μισράτι confirmed that the immigrants for whom there was reason to be “themselves discovered, (some) dead, inside the container”.
A resident of Homs, who preferred not to be named for security reasons, recounted how irregular immigrants, among them 13 dead, “were discovered in the investigation that happened at a roadblock on the coastal road of Homs.
Among the 56 living is a little girl of five years, the Aisha. Some of the migrants have skin conditions, others have suffered fractures, while others needed urgent care”, explained the libyan Red Crescent without identifying εθνικότητές.
Among the 13 dead, among whom was a 13 year old girl and a boy of 14, “some could be identified” and were placed “in bags” in anticipation of the examination the coroner and the receipt from the competent authorities, in accordance with the libyan Red Crescent.
Tuesday discovered the bodies of 74 migrants who drowned on a beach, which is located 45 km away. to the west of Tripoli.
Six years after the fall of Μουάμαρ Gaddafi, Libya continues to be torn by conflicts for power and violence has been transformed into a hub of irregular migration to Europe. The traffickers organise the crossing to Italy, which is just 300 kilometers, very often with a boat anything but seaworthy, if not dangerous.