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At Least 50 Dead Off Libyan Coast After Boat Catches Fire
The International Organization for Migration reported 50 deaths from a boat fire involving Sudanese refugees attempting the central Mediterranean crossing, with 24 survivors receiving medical aid.
- On Sunday, the International Organization for Migration reported that a rubber boat carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire off Tobruk, Libya, killing at least 50 people en route to Greece.
- After the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's instability has led to over 867,055 migrants from 44 nationalities residing there, with more than 140,000 refugees from Sudan arriving in the past two years.
- IOM medical teams treated 24 survivors rescued from the burning boat, while dozens remain missing and the IOM spokesperson did not provide ages or gender details.
- The IOM says at least 456 people died and 420 were reported missing along the central Mediterranean route between January 1 and September 13, and Libyan authorities intercepted 17,402 migrants this year, including 1,516 women and 586 children.
- Human rights groups say smugglers and traffickers have exploited Libya's instability, producing abuses including extortion and near‑slavery conditions, while Mediterranea Saving Humans has submitted photographs, video and identities implicating Libyan state forces to Sicilian courts and the ICC.
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On Sunday, at least 50 died when a refugee boat caught fire. The UNHCR announced on Wednesday that another boat had capsized.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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At least 50 people from Sudan died off the Libyan coast. According to the International Organization for Migration, a fire broke out on the refugee boat.
·Hamburg, Germany
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At least 50 refugees from war-torn Sudan died when the boat they were traveling in caught fire off the coast of Libya, according to the UN migration organization IOM.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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At least 50 Sudanese refugees killed in boat fire near Libya
At least 50 people have died after a fire on a refugee vessel near Libya. Separately, an Italian humanitarian organisation has submitted new evidence to a court in Sicily detailing human rights violations by EU-supported Libyan military personnel. Read all
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