A “mass grave” was discovered this week in southwest Libya with the bodies of at least 65 migrants, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday, saying it was “deeply shocked and In the Army”
A “mass grave” was discovered this week in southwest Libya with the bodies of at least 65 migrants, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday, saying it was “deeply shocked and alarmed”.
A spokesperson for this UN agency explained that the “common grave” had been discovered “by the authorities responsible for the security” of the country, through which many exiles fleeing unstable African countries or marked by difficulties pass. economic and climate change.
The context of the deaths and the unknown identities
“The circumstances of their death and their nationalities remain unknown,” indicates the IOM in a press release, which does not specify whether the remains correspond to men or women. The organization believes the migrants died “during their clandestine crossing of the desert.”
The IOM also explains that the Libyan authorities are investigating these deaths, and “call on them, as well as United Nations partner agencies, to ensure the recovery of the bodies with dignity, the identification and transfer of the remains of the migrant(…)
