Anthu opitilira 6,000 osamukira kwawo adapulumutsidwa ku gombe la Libya m'masiku atatu apitawa pomwe akuyesera kudutsa njira yowopsa ya Mediterranean kupita ku Italy, popeza osachepera asanu adamira m'dera lomwelo.
Chiwerengero cha othawa kwawo omwe akugwiritsa ntchito njira ya Mediterranean chawonjezeka kuyambira mgwirizano wa Turkey-EU pakati pa mwezi wa March kuti asindikize njira yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kuchokera ku Turkey kupita ku Greece.
Pafupifupi anthu asanu othawa kwawo adamira m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Libya pambuyo poti bwato litadzaza kwambiri lomwe anali kuyendamo litagubuduzika, asitikali apamadzi aku Italiya adati pa Meyi 25, ndikuwunikanso kuchuluka kwa anthu asanu ndi awiri omwe anamwalira kale, malinga ndi AFP.
Asitikali apamadzi ati anthu osachepera 550 adakokedwa kuti atetezedwe koma adawonjezeranso kuti ntchito yopulumutsa anthu ikadalipo ndipo anthu omwe amwalira atha kukwera.
Boti loyang'anira zapamadzi la Bettica lidawona "boti lomwe lili pachiwopsezo chapafupi ndi gombe la Libya lomwe lili ndi anthu ambiri osamukira," idatero m'mawu ake.
“Posakhalitsa, bwatolo linagubuduzika chifukwa cha kuchulukana. A Bettica, omwe adafika pafupi, adaponya ma rafts ndi jekete "kwa anthu osamukira m'madzi, pomwe sitima ina yapamadzi m'derali idatumiza helikopita ndi mabwato opulumutsa.
Ofika posachedwa abweretsa kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe adapulumutsidwa ndikusamutsira ku Italy kuyambira chiyambi cha chaka mpaka pafupifupi 40,000 kutsatira kupulumutsidwa kwa opitilira 6,000 kuyambira Meyi 23, malinga ndi ziwerengero zomwe bungwe la UN othawa kwawo (UNHCR) ndi alonda aku Italy aku Coastal Guard. .
Ambiri mwa omwe akufika ku Italy mpaka pano chaka chino achokera ku sub-Saharan Africa.
Mabungwe othandiza anthu ati njira yapanyanja pakati pa Libya ndi Italy tsopano ndiyo njira yayikulu yolowera ku Europe, pambuyo poti mgwirizano wa EU pa osamukira ku Turkey udachedwetsa kwambiri kuyenda kwa anthu opita ku Greece.
Akuluakulu akuwopa kuti ziwerengero zomwe zikuyesera kuti awoloke kupita ku Italy ziwonjezeka pamene nyengo ikupitirirabe bwino.
Ambiri mwa iwo omwe akuyesera kukafika ku Italy amachoka ku gombe la Libya losayeruzika pa mabwato osodza kapena zombo za rabara, kupita ku chilumba cha Italy cha Lampedusa, chomwe chili pafupi ndi Tunisia, kapena ku Sicily.
