Photograph — Aljazeera

Recently, the Italian coastguard confirmed the death of more than 240 people in a boat in the Mediterranean Sea this week. According to the information gathered by the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) from 15 survivors, some 135 people had drowned or lost when a dinghy capsized on Monday.

According to the officials, the departure from Libya had continued without stoppage despite the horrific weather condition in the Mediterranean throughout the week. In the same week on Tuesday, horrifying new testimony emerged from survivors that another boat sank, presuming to have killed over 95 people off the coast of Libya.

UNHCR spokesman, Iosta Ibba, told AFP news agency that they had set off from Libya on Sunday night with about 150 people on board, “so there would be about 135 missing.”

“Their dinghy, which was already in a poor state, began taking on water several hours after they set off. It then overturned, tipping all 150 into the sea. Only 15 managed to survive by clinging to a part of the vessel which floated.”

“They stayed like that several hours before help arrived,” he added.

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