Dozens of bodies wash ashore after boats sink off Libya coast
1 year, 8 months ago

Dozens of bodies wash ashore after boats sink off Libya coast

Al Jazeera  

Some of the refugees were from Pakistan, Syria, Tunisia and Egypt, a Libyan coast guard officer said. At least 57 bodies have washed ashore after two boats sank in the Mediterranean Sea off different towns in western Libya, a coast guard officer and an aid worker have said. A Red Crescent aid worker in the coastal city of Sabratha, west of Tripoli, said authorities had recovered 46 bodies since a boat sank off Libya’s coast five days ago. Pictures were posted online by the Sabratha Red Crescent agency showing bodies in black bags being placed at the back of pick-up trucks by the aid workers wearing face masks and gloves. Neighbouring Tunisia has Italy has rescued 47 boats carrying around 1,600 migrants in the central Mediterranean Sea in the last two days and brought them ashore to the island of Lampedusa.

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