InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/01/22
The Jesuit Refugee Service in Italy, Centro Astalli, reiterated its appeal for the immediate evacuation of migrants from Libya, as well as the Greek Islands and the Balkans, after 43 migrants died in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya on January 19.
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Italy, Centro Astalli, released a statement calling for the evacuation of migrants from Libya, following a recent shipwreck. There were 53 people aboard the boat that overturned on the night of January 19 off the Libyan coast of Zuwara, the statement said. Forty-three migrants died and 10 were recovered at sea and brought back to Libya, the place they were fleeing from, it said.