The identities of at least six Bangladeshis drowned in Friday’s boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach Europe from Libya has been confirmed.
The deceased have been identified as Ahsan Habib Shamim, 19, and his brother-in-law Kamran Ahmed Maruf, 23, hailing from Kulaura Upazila in Moulvibazar, Abdul Aziz, 25, son of Harun Miah, Ahmed, 24, son of Montu Miah, and Liton, 24, son of Siraj Miah of Muyidpur village in Fenchuganj Upazila in Sylhet.
However, the name of another victim is yet to be confirmed.
Families of the deceased came to know the tragedy after one of the survivors, Dilal, called over the phone from the Tunisian coast, said Mofizul Rohaman, brother of Abdul Aziz, told Bangla Tribune.
As many as 37 Bangladeshi are among the migrants who have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea after it left Libya for Italy, the Tunisian Red Crescent said Saturday, reports international media.
Survivors told the Red Crescent the tragedy unfolded after some 75 people who had left Zuwara on the northwestern Libyan coast late Thursday on a large boat were transferred to a smaller one that sank off Tunisia.
“The migrants were transferred into a smaller inflatable boat which was overloaded, and 10 minutes later it sank,” Mongi Slim, a Red Crescent official in the southern Tunisian town of Zarzis, told news agencies.
Many Bangladeshis choose the risky way to reach Europe in the hope of a better life. A number of them often die in the seas.
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