Michael Walsh, author and dissident journalists says 34,361 Europe-bound migrants, men, women and children are known to have died trying to get to Europe. Of these 27,000 have drowned during the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. However, compilers and experts agree that as it is difficult to count corpses the true figure could be as higher or higher than 100,000 men, women and children.’

‘Every single death can be laid at the door of all ~ including two unelected European Union Presidents, 27 unelected councils, and 750 MEPs, whose role is advisory only. Had the EU and their pro-migrant collaborators not encouraged migration to Europe, had they closed the doors as effectively as other countries and blocs, these deaths would have been avoided.’

On Friday, Libyan authorities carried out a massive crackdown on migrants in the western suburbs of Tripoli, arresting about 4,000 people, including women and children. The Ministry of the Interior announced the arrests were being conducted as a part of a broader campaign to tackle illegal immigration and drug trafficking. The United Nations reported that one man was killed and about 15 injured.

Officials said Friday that law enforcement had arrested 500 people but then adjusted the figure to 4,000. The area has experienced several refugee waves in recent years, but according to experts on the spot, the current one is probably the strongest so far.

Authorities transported detained migrants to detention facilities in and around Tripoli. According to experts, the living conditions in these centres are appalling, and many migrants face violence and abuse by guards.

A Libyan government official told Reuters that the authorities would want to return as many detained refugees as possible to their home countries. Many of those arrested reportedly lived in Libya for many years without proper permits.

Vincent Cochetel, a special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Libya, whined to media that police had acted too harshly during the raid and forced many people from their homes.

Since the 2011 NATO regime change which ousted elected (by tribal councils and referendum) President Muammar Ghadaffy whose navy and coastguard kept the floodgates closed to migrants, Libya has been a major transit point for migrants heading for the world’s smallest continent.

Migrants are attracted to the lure of immediate access to benefits, education, healthcare, housing and security. EU agencies set up departments to encourage migration to Europe.

The situation is being exploited by human traffickers bringing benefit-bandits to and through Libya through six neighbouring nations.

Subsequently, for a fee, they offer migrants places on crowded inflatable boats, many who are partaking in a risky journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, often with the hope that EU-funded or sponsored NGO migrant rescue boats will save them if if things go wrong.

The number of migrants heading north from Libya has been rising recently, with the Libyan coast guard detaining about 25,000 refugees at sea this year and returning them to the country. In the first nine months of this year, more than 1,100 refugees drowned after their ship capsized, but the actual number is probably higher, according to experts.