Libya: Migrant Survivors Speak of Boat Tragedy off the Coast of Country

press release

Some of the migrants who were brought to safety on the Italian island of Lampedusa at the weekend say they witnessed a boat carrying between 500-600 people foundering off the Libyan coast late last week and bodies being washed ashore.

News of a growing number of boat tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea are coming to light as desperate migrants seek to escape the conflict in Libya.

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