28,600 migrants were intercepted at sea and brought back by the Libyan coast guard.
From January to the beginning of November this year, 1315 people died in the central Mediterranean trying to reach Europe. 28,600 Migrants were intercepted at sea and brought back by the Libyan coast guard, as reported by the aid organization Save the Children based on data from the International Migrant organization on International Day for the Rights of Migrants emerges.
“We cannot turn our back on the inhumane politics of a Europe that ignores the suffering of men, women, girls and children at its borders,” said Raffaela Milano, director of Save the Children’s Italy-Europe programs, according to media reports.
Save the Children commemorates the “children who died underwater trying to cross a river between Croatia and Slovenia, or who died of starvation and froze to death in the forest on the border between Belarus and Poland”. “You are only guilty of looking for a possible future of peace for yourself and your loved ones,” said Milano.
EU should meet obligations
“We do not want a Europe in which violence, abuse and death are seen as collateral damage and in which defending a border has priority over protecting even one person,” said Milano. The organization therefore calls on the EU and its member states “to comply with their European and international legal obligations and to act immediately to give people the opportunity to apply for international protection in Europe”.
As of December 14th of this year, 63,062 people had arrived in Italy. According to the Italian Ministry of the Interior, there were 11,097 in 2019 and 32,919 in 2020.
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