27 Bangladeshis die in Mediterranean Sea tragedy
Agencies
Dhaka, May 13, 2019: 27 Bangladeshi migrants who died in a boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society confiremd.
“There might be more Bangladeshi victims among the dead,” Imam Zafar Sikder, Director of local Red Crescent’s Restoring Family Links, said.
The disaster struck after around 75 migrants had set sail for Italy on a large boat from the conflict-ridden Libya on Thursday before being transferred to a smaller one.
The overcrowded vessel subsequently sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia on Friday, killing at least 65 people, the majority of whom were Bangladeshis.
Of the 16 people rescued by Tunisian fishermen, 14 were Bangladeshis.