{UAH} Hundreds drown off Libya, EU leaders forced to reconsider migrant crisis

Colleagues,

Can we formulate a local solution to this unnecessary death of our own? All reports indicate that those attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea use Libyan coastline to connect to Italy where they perish in the sea. One accident can be excused, but not this trend that sees hundreds of immigrants drowning. 

This is yet another challenge which puts African countries in international radar. Why can't we formulate a local solution. Up till now, only European voices can be heard but none from Africa yet the majority of the dead are Africans.

Proposal: Let each African country contribute 20 soldiers to be deployed at the crossing points along the Libyan coastline to stop human trafficking. Twenty soldiers from each country receiving their local salaries can be mobilized and funded without a big problem. At least we will have attempted to stop the death toll.

Peter Simon