25 bodies retrieved from the shores of western Libya

Libya Observer: The Libyan Red Crescent has recovered about 25 bodies of illegal immigrants from the shores of Maya town, the Tripoli Naval Base at Abu Sitta and Khoms city.

The Libyan Red Crescent’s emergency team stated that during the past two days they had recovered 15 bodies belonging to illegal immigrants in the Khoms, in addition to five other bodies likely to be illegal immigrants from the coast of Maya, and five from the beach of the Tripoli Naval Base, in coordination with local authorities.

The Libyan Navy announced that its Coast Guard patrol rescued 94 illegal immigrants of different nationalities off the western coast of Libya on Friday.

A statement by the Navy said that a Tripoli patrol rescued the near-drowning migrants off Garabulli town, east of Tripoli, and recovered 5 dead bodies.

The migrants, who were on board a broken rubber boat, are from Nigeria, Chad, Egypt and Sudan.

The migrants were taken to the landing point at the Tripoli Naval Base and after they were provided with humanitarian and medical assistance, they were handed over to the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in Tareeq Sikka.