The Association of Returned Migrants from Europe announced that the lives of 137 Kurdish migrants are currently in danger in Libya, noting that smugglers and human traffickers are exploiting their fates.

Peshraw Abdullah, a representative of the association, told Channel8 that the majority of these migrants are from the Raparin Administration in the Kurdistan Region.

Meanwhile, the fate of six Kurdish migrants has remained unknown since March of this year.

Regarding their fate, Abdullah confirmed there are strong suspicions that they disappeared while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea.

DNA Tests Urged to Identify Missing Migrants 

Speaking to Channel8 earlier, Abdullah emphasized the necessity of conducting DNA testing for the families of the missing migrants within the Raparin, adding that the request aims to help determine what happened to individuals who lost all contact after setting off from Libya toward Europe.

Perilous Migration Routes and Humanitarian Abuses in Libya 

The Mediterranean is widely recognized as one of the world's most perilous migration routes, with estimates indicating that an average of nearly 50 migrants lose their lives or go missing along this pathway every single day.

An increasing number of Kurdish migrants are choosing the dangerous route via Libya to Italy due to tightened border security along traditional European land routes.

Furthermore, Kurdish migrants transiting through Libya face severe humanitarian crises, including arbitrary detention, systematic torture, extortion, and forced organ harvesting by criminal militias and human trafficking networks.