Victims were from Nigeria, the Gambia and other African countries and included women and children, UN agency says Sixty-one migrants are missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya's coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said, in the latest migrant tragedy off north Africa. The "large number of migrants" are believed to have died because of high waves which swamped their vessel after it left from Zuwara, on Libya's north-west coast, the IOM's Libya office sa...
More than 60 migrants presumed dead after boat sinks off Libya, says UN
The Guardian - 17 Dec 2023 05:49
Victims were from Nigeria, the Gambia and other African countries and included women and children, UN agency says Sixty-one migrants are missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya's coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said, in the latest migrant tragedy off north Africa. The "large number of migrants" are believed to have died because of high waves which swamped their vessel after it left from Zuwara, on Libya's north-west coast, the IOM's Libya office sa...
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