Tragic Shipwreck Claims Lives of 61 Migrants off Libya
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More than 60 migrants, including women and children, have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). The boat had left the city of Zuwara with around 86 people on board. Libya is a key transit point for migrants seeking better lives, and tragedies at sea are not uncommon. So far this year, over 2,500 people have died or gone missing in the Central Mediterranean.
- More than 60 migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya, UN says CNN
- At least 61 asylum seekers drown after shipwreck off Libya: IOM Al Jazeera English
- At Least 61 Migrants Drown Off Libya, I.O.M. Says The New York Times
- Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drown after shipwreck off Libya, IOM says Reuters
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