An accident in the Mediterranean could have killed more than a hundred boat people. This is reported by the aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF), referring to the statements of survivors. The accident occurred therefore already in early September: The 276 survivors were taken on 2 September by the Libyan Coast Guard and brought back to the civil war country.

The people were reportedly broken on 1 September on two inflatable boats in Libya. One of the boats had an engine failure, the other - which had 165 adults and 20 children - lost air. Only a handful of migrants had life jackets, informed MSF, citing the statements of the survivors.

100+ people reportedly dropped off in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on 1st Sep. Survivors were brought to Khoms, east of #Tripoli, with others intercepted by Libyan coast guard. @MSF provided emergency care to the group, some who had extensive chemical burns.https: //t.co/64VgoRFEdU

- MSF Sea (@MSF_Sea) September 10, 2018

Aid organizations are not the only ones who have been criticizing the resumption of fighting in Libya because refugees are being returned there. Since the overthrow of the ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi in 2011, rival groups have been fighting for supremacy in the North African country. The influence of the internationally recognized government hardly reaches beyond Tripoli. Libya has become the main transit country for refugees en route to Europe.

Crossing the Mediterranean has become much more dangerous for migrants, according to the International Organization for Migration. More than 1560 migrants died or are missing this year on the central Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy.