The International Organisation on Migration recently released a statement saying that 128 migrants, including some Nigerians, have died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe have died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe between Monday, March 6 and Sunday, March 26, 2017.
A Facebook user, Mercy Alex, has taken to her page to share a tribute message in honour of Nigerians who died at the Mediterranean Sea while they were trying to flee the country to Europe.
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Alex wrote: “After risking their lives no one live to tell the story, with tears in my eyes I pray may their soul rest in peace a Amen.”
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NAIJ.com gathered that over 590 migrants died on the central Mediterranean Sea in 2017.
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