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At least four dead as two migrant boats capsize off Libyas coast, Red Crescent says
Ninety-five migrants capsized near Al Khums; four died and survivors were rescued, highlighting ongoing risks of Mediterranean crossings, officials said.
- On Thursday, two boats capsized off the Libyan coastal city of Al Khums, carrying 95 irregular migrants and killing at least four, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Saturday.
- Libya has been a transit route to Europe since Muammar Gaddafi's 2011 fall, and Britain, Spain, Norway and Sierra Leone urged closing detention centres last week at a U.N. meeting in Geneva.
- The first boat carried 26 migrants from Bangladesh and the second 69 including two Egyptians and dozens of Sudanese; Coast Guards and Khums Port Security Agency led rescues, with survivors wrapped in thermal blankets.
- On Wednesday the International Organization for Migration said at least 42 migrants went missing and were presumed dead after a rubber boat sank near the Al Buri oilfield, while 61 bodies were recovered in mid-October west of Tripoli.
- In September the International Organization for Migration said at least 50 people died after a vessel carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya's coast.
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At least four people have died after two boats carrying a total of 95 migrants capsized off a Libyan coastal town on Thursday, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Saturday. The first boat was carrying migrants from ...
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On the Libyan coast, at least four people died in boating accidents. According to estimates, there were 95 refugees in the boats.
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