TRAGEDIJA Utapljanje 31 migranta

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epa05790628 A handout photo made available by the World Press Photo (WPP) organization on 13 February 2017 shows a picture by British photographer Mathieu Willcocks that won the Spot News - Third Prize, Stories award of the 60th annual World Press Photo Contest, it was announced by the WPP Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 13 February 2017.

Spot News - Third Prize, Stories
© Mathieu Willcocks
Title: Mediterranean Migration

Photo caption:
Libyan fishermen throw a life jacket at a rubber boat full of migrants. Migrants are very often not given any life jackets or means of communication by their smugglers. More often than not they only have some water, food and not enough fuel to make it to Italy.

Story: 
The central Mediterranean migration route, between the coasts of Libya and Italy, remains busy. According to reports by the UNHCR, 5,000 people died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean in 2016. NGOs and charities such as Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) continue their efforts to patrol the patch of sea north of the Libyan coast, in the hope of rescuing refugees before the potential of drowning. The rescue team on board the MOAS' Responder are there to mitigate loss of life at sea. Operating like a sea-born ambulance, they rush to assist and rescue refugee vessels in distress, provide medical assistance, and bring the refugees safely to Italy.  EPA/Mathieu Willcocks/WORLD PRESS PHOTO HANDOUT ATTENTION EDITORS : EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES / NO ARCHIVE / NO CROPPING / NO MANIPULATING / USE ONLY FOR SINGLE PUBLICATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES

Najmanje se 31 osoba utopila nakon potonuća gumenog broda blizu zapadne obale Libije, a obalna ih je straža uspjela iz mora izvući oko 200 te ih prevesti u Tripoli, izvijestili su službeni izvori.

Migranti su u dvama gumenjacima krenuli iz Garabullija, istočno od Tripolije, no jedan je već bio potonuo kad su stigli pripadnici obalne straže, rekao je njihov zapovjednik.

“Brodica je potonula, a ljudi su pokušali plivati prema obali. Uspjeli smo spasiti šezdesetak onih koji su se držali za njezine ostatke”, ispripovijedao je.

Spašeno je još 140 migranata iz drugog gumenjaka.

Među poginulima su i djeca. Njihova su tijela prevezena u pomorsku vojnu bazu u Tripoliju.

Libija je glavno polazište brojnih afričkih migranata koji nastoje stići u europske zemlje.

Krijumčari ljudima najčešće ih ukrcaju u stare gumenjake koji su često oštećeni.

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