16 Pakistanis died in migrant boat tragedy off Libya: Foreign Office

[Kapwercs]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1386867/1...igrants-feared-dead-in-boat-capsize-off-libya

At least 90 people, including 11 Pakistani nationals, were feared dead on Friday in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency said.

The tragedy happened off the coast of Zuwara in the early hours of Friday, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) spokeswoman Olivia Headon told reporters in Geneva by phone from Tunis.

“At least 90 migrants are reported to have drowned, when a boat capsized off the coast of Libya this morning,” the IOM said in a statement.

The agency said that “10 bodies are reported to have washed up on Libyan shores”, including those of two Libyans and eight Pakistanis."

 

[Ryuzaki]

At least 16 Pakistanis drowned off the coast of Libya early on Friday after a smuggler’s boat they were riding capsized, the Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Saturday.


According to a document acquired by DawnNews, the bodies of eight Pakistani migrants had been recovered and identified. The identification documents of four deceased Pakistanis were not found, but they were identified by a survivor.


The bodies of four migrants hailing from Gujrat have not been recovered as yet, however, they have been identified through their IDs.


Most of the deceased migrants hail from Punjab's districts, including Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha, Gujrat and Rawalpindi.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1387070

 

[lastofthepatriots]

RIP

 

[MultaniGuy]

Sad and deeply unfortunate.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

This only happend due to Lack of proper support for people to apply for Legal migration

Pakistan is always ready to give free Visas to people when they visit by Pakistani Citizens don't have that same window

Such a unfortunate news

 

[TruthTheOnlyDefense]

What are Pakistanis doing trying to see refuge in the evil West?