Mediterranean, about 200 missing from the "road of death"




More shocking images are distributed by the tragic end of a trip dubbed "road of death".
About 200 immigrants suspected missing after a boat sank on the Libyan coast. A security official said the ship had more than 400 passengers on board, most of whom come from African countries.
Libyan Coast Guard has announced that so far has been able to save about 201 people from the ship in question, which was discovered in a situation Zuwaras danger off the coast of Libya.
Approximately 147 people were sent back to the port city, in a detention facility for illegal immigrants. Among the survivors was Ayman Tallaal from Syria.
"We drowned in the sea - he says. - Boats was in disastrous conditions around us and many people lost their lives. Libyan Coast Guard saved us, God bless. We were forced to take this path, which was called as 'road of death'. But now I think I'll get the name of the tomb of the Mediterranean ".
A day earlier, at least 51 bodies were found trapped in another boat a few miles from the coast very Libya, during a rest from which over 430 people were saved.
A Swedish ship, which is activated under the mission "Frontex" the European Union border control, conducted the operation to rescue and sent the bodies and survivors on the shores of Sicily.

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