Migrant crisis: Libya boats sinks off Zuwara, hundreds feared dead
London, Aug 28: Hundreds of people feared dead after two boats carrying migrants sank off Libya, media reported.
One boat carrying 50 people sank off early Thursday while the second boat carrying around 400 passengers sank off latter, reported BBC.
According to media reports, around 200 people have been rescued while coastguard officials continued rescue to fish out more bodies.
The victims of boat tragedy included migrants from Syria, Bangladesh and several sub-Saharan African countries.
Another 1,400 migrants rescued off Libya, 52 found dead
According
to
UN,
about
2,400
migrants
have
died
trying
to
cross
the
Mediterranean
to
Europe
so
far
this
year.
On
Wednesday,
the
bodies
of
at
least
51
people
were
found
in
the
hold
of
a
stricken
ship
off
Libya's
coast.
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