Boat that sank off Libya, killing at least 50 migrants, was headed to Greece, IOM says

A boat carrying migrants sinks off the Libyan coast with at least 19

CAIRO: The bodies of 19 people were recovered after the rubber migrant boat they were in sank off the eastern Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration said Friday. The boat, which was carrying more than 70 Sudanese and South Sudanese nationals, sailed on Sept. 9 from a beach near the town of Kambout and sank the same day, an IOM spokesperson told The

Scores of Sudanese refugees dead or missing in Libya boat wrecks

Scores of Sudanese refugees were dead or missing after two boat disasters off the coast of Libya last weekend, UN agencies said on Wednesday. One boat capsized on Saturday, according to the UN refugee agency, and a second caught fire on Sunday, the International Organization for Migration said - each off the eastern port city of Tobruk. The first boat was carrying 74 people, "mostly Sudanese refugees", the United Nations High Commissioner for Re…

Over a hundred refugees from Sudan die in two shipwrecks off Libya

Since January, more than 500 people fleeing war and poverty in their country and abuses in Libya have died in the central Mediterranean, the world's most dangerous sea route

'The Real Solution Is To End the War in Sudan': UNHCR on Deadly Libya Shipwreck - The Media Line

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Libya: More Than 100 Sudanese Refugees Dead or Missing in Shipwrecks Off Libya

At least 110 people have died or gone missing after two boats carrying mostly Sudanese refugees sunk off the coast of Tobruk, Libya.

Boat that sank off Libya, killing at least 50 migrants, was headed to Greece, IOM says

The International Organization for Migration says a boat carrying Sudanese refugees that caught fire and sank off Libya’s coast Sunday, killing at least 50 people, was headed to Greece.