article_snippet.sent: About one-third of the migrants are from Eritrea on the east coast of Africa.
article_snippet.sent: the migrants denied the migrants were heading to Europe and told CNN the migrants just want to go home, which is several thousands of miles away.
article_snippet.sent: the migrants are alive.
article_snippet.sent: Why I fled: Migrants share Migrants stories .
article_snippet.sent: The tragedy has prompted questions about the growing migrant crisis facing Europe, as well as about who is responsible for Saturday's tragedy.
article_snippet.sent: The deaths are the latest illustration of the increasing flow of migrants from North Africa and the Middle East through the Mediterranean and into Europe -- assuming The deaths survive the trip.
article_snippet.sent: Gemma Parkin, a spokeswoman for Save the Children, said that the number of migrants who have fled to find refuge in Europe has skyrocketed 70% this year over last, a dramatic rise that she attributed mostly to the deteriorating security situation in Libya.
article_snippet.sent: About 8% of the recorded migrants between January and April 19 of this year are children, Parkin said.
article_snippet.sent: Of those, 70% aren't unaccompanied by adults -- some of those as young as 9 years old.