A Bangladeshi youth identified as Amin Ullah Sumon, (26) died from hypothermia at a hospital in Turkey. Sumon along with 20 other boarding on a boat were arrested while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to enter Europe illegally on January 31.
Due to extreme cold, seven Bangladeshi youths died from hypothermia, while the rest were rescued by Italian coastguards and sent back to Turkey. As Sumon’s condition deteriorated, he was admitted to a hospital in Istanbul of Turkey where he died.
This is not only a single story of a young man but we also continued witnessing such deaths of our young people while crossing Mediterranean Sea to trespass into the European countries illegally.
It has been noticed that over the past years, youths in different districts of the country have become desperate to migrate to European countries even at great risk. In consequence, many youths went missing while they were crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach European countries including Italy and Greece using Libya and Turkey as transit points along their route. And a good number of them went missing before they reached the destination.
We have to build strong
resistance against human
trafficking
The government has taken various measures to promote legal migration but many Bangladeshis try to reach European countries illegally resulting in tragic and frequent deaths in their perilous journey through the seas
All the conscious section of people will have to build strong and united resistance against human trafficking so that our youths will not be allured to go abroad illegally. Besides, with the proper application of laws to stop human trafficking, creation of mass awareness particularly among youths and guardians is a must.
The organised international criminals groups in association with the local human traffickers are luring our youths into such danger with the promise of a luxurious life in European countries.
All must keep in mind that the human traffickers in both country and abroad are a highly powerful coterie. We are worried over the high number of human-trafficking or migrant-smuggling cases reported from our country. Therefore, we all have to work together with the government to refrain our youths from going Europe illegally.
