Heavy toll in migrants lives off Libyan coast

The Libya Express reports that during the past week at at least 30 migrants went missing after their boat sank off the western city of Sabratha this week.

One survivor was quoted as saying that the boat was carrying almost 50 migrants when it sank.

Libyan coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qassem said the body of one child was recovered and 16 migrants were rescued.

Previously, officials had said at least 10 migrants were thought to have died in the incident.

Libya’s western coast is a main departure point for migrants trying to reach Europe, though numbers have dropped since an Italian-led effort to disrupt smuggling networks and support Libya’s coast guard.

Via The Libya Express

 

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