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This Sunday, Pope Francis condemned the deaths of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean as shameful, and said that for two days they had asked for help with their crowded rubber boat and sunk in the sea off Libya, but potential rescuers choose to ‘look differently’. The migrants had asked for help on Wednesday. When a humanitarian rescue boat and a merchant vessel navigating in very rough waters arrived on Thursday, the deflated boat had partially sunk, several bodies were seen in the water and no survivors were found. Rescue centers in Libya, Malta and Italy had been alerted, according to the European Union border protection agency Frontex, whose plane had located the boat. “I confess that I am very hurt by the tragedy which has unfolded again in the last days in the Mediterranean,” the Pope told the people in Saint Peter’s Square who gathered to listen to his traditional comments on Sunday in midday. “One hundred and thirty migrants died at sea. These are people, human lives, who for two whole days asked for help in vain, help which did not come,” said Francisco. “Let us pray for these brothers and sisters, let us all ask ourselves about this latest tragedy”, declared the Pope. “It’s a moment of shame.” Pray also for those who can help. but they prefer to look away, ”added the Pope. A shameful disappearance of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean: Pope Francis; the Pope condemned the refusal of humanitarian aid. “SOS Mediterranee”, a humanitarian group whose rescue ship “Ocean Viking” sailed to the stranded boat amid strong winds and heavy waves, said a Libyan Coast Guard vessel was supposed to arrive, but never did. Libyan coastguard officials said bad weather and the need to help other stranded migrants off the coast of the North African country meant he could not reach the boat in time. . Human smugglers based in Libya continually launch boats and small fishing boats that are not seaworthy and full of migrants in the hope of reaching European shores for a better life. Wreck of an inflatable boat in the Mediterranean off Libya. Hours after the pope’s complaint, the Italian coast guard said that with the help of a container ship, they had helped a damaged motorized fishing boat, full of migrants, grappling with towering waves and storms. strong winds. The ship, which had at least 100 people on board, including children, was seen on Saturday, he said. After the boat’s engine ceased to operate, it was at risk of capsizing in the waves. Coast Guard boats towed him away and he arrived at a port in Calabria in southern Italy on Sunday.
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