According to BBC news "Hundreds of people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean sea, the Italian coastguard said. A major
rescue operation is under way after the vessel capsized in Libyan waters south
of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Speaking through a translator at a news
conference, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said the trafficking of
migrants amounted to "a new slave trade". Is that really true? Is there
a new slave trade that is slowly but surely arising yet hiding from the public?
Who are the masterminds of the network? Are there any efforts to dismantle it? There
are so many questions that need to be answered.
700 people is quite a number and I can imagine that in number you
have men, women and children. To lose their lives in that manner would have
been but a sad situation. I wish all efforts are made to destroy this criminal
network, and to find the missing people. In our modern era, slavery should have
been none existent, but it seem not that case. But human trafficking continues
to be a plaque not only in certain countries but by extension a plague on
humanity itself. History will tell us how people suffer because of slavery. Today, people will stop at nothing to make money, with little respect for
the lives of others. Will it ever stop? we do not know. Italy has been doing all they can and I hope other countries can join forces together to dismantle this criminal network. Hear what PM Matteo Renzi has to say.
