Human traffickers are brazenly offering desperate Libyan migrants passage across the Mediterranean on Facebook . A number of pages , written in Arabic , have reportedly been found on the social media site targeting refugees fleeing war and poverty . They are said to be advertising 'reliable ' and 'comfortable ' travel to Europe on overcrowded vessels for around $ 1,000 per person . Migrants , who are trying to reach Greece , are seen on a capsized sail boat , as the crisis escolates . Desperate migrants pictured in the sea off the Greek island Rhodes after a wooden boat ran aground . The discovery comes after the deaths of some 1,700 refugees in the last week alone . EU leaders have now agreed a package of measures to tackle the escalating crisis in the Mediterranean . A Syrian sailor , who is said to go by the name Abu Moaz , has been using a closed Facebook page to sell crossings to Greece after finding himself short of work , according to the Financial Times . 'It is people smuggling , no more and no less , ' he told the newspaper . Others are said to be offering refugees voyages to Italy and Turkey from the notorious smuggling port of Zuwara in Libya . This week the victims of the worst-ever migrant disaster in the Mediterranean were buried in Malta . Two dozen wooden caskets containing the only bodies recovered from a weekend capsizing off Libya that left at least 800 migrants feared dead were laid out for a memorial service . None of the bodies was identified : One casket had 'No 132 ' scrawled on it , referring to the number of the DNA sample taken from the corpse in case a relative ever comes to claim it . Facebook has reportedly said it has removed the pages , according to the Financial Times . Two dozen wooden caskets of the victims of the worst-ever migrant disaster in the Mediterranean were buried in Malta .
Several Arabic pages reportedly found on the social media site . Pages claim to offer 'comfortable ' and 'reliable ' passage for around $ 1,000 . Comes after the deaths of Two dozen refugees in the last week alone . Facebook removed the pages after being alerted to there existance .