‘Dead children washed up on Libya beach’
June 1, 2021
Images of dead children and women washed up on a beach in Libya have been shared by a Spanish charity.
The non-governmental organisation (NGO) Proactiva Open Arms received some of the photos from inside Libya and said they are of people who had tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, a dangerous route for migrants.
They show the partially clothed bodies of small children and a woman, bloated and half buried in the sand.
At least 743 migrants are known to have died in the Mediterranean this year.
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“We are in shock,” Open Arms head of communications Laura Lanuza told the BBC.
An empty boat beached on the Libyan shore. Children’s bodies were recently found washed up on shore there. Credit: Protectiva Open ArmsDisturbing photographs came to light on Tuesday showing children’s bodies (including babies and toddlers) washed up on the sands of a Libyan beach, depicting once again the human tragedy of the migration crisis along…
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image captionUN data says 630 people are known to have died trying to cross the central Mediterranean this year alone
Images of dead children and women washed up on a beach in Libya have been shared by a Spanish charity.
The NGO Proactiva Open Arms received some of the photos from inside Libya and said they are of people who had tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, a dangerous route for migrants.
They show the partially clothed bodies of small children and a woman, bloated and half buried in the sand.
At least 743 migrants are known to have died in the Mediterranean this year.
Last modified on Tue 25 May 2021 10.45 EDT
Photographs have emerged of the bodies of babies and toddlers washed up on a beach in Libya, highlighting the human tragedy of the migration crisis on Europeâs borders.
According to one of the charities that posted the photos on Twitter, the children had been travelling with their parents on one of the many dinghies that set off from Libya in recent days.
âIâm still in shock for the horror of these images,â Oscar Camps, the founder of Proactiva Open Arms, wrote on Twitter. âThese small children and women had dreams and life ambitions.â