Libya: Bodies of 19 Egyptian Migrants Found in Libyan Desert

The Red Crescent humanitarian body has said it recovered the decomposed bodies of 19 Egyptian migrants. They appear to have been smuggled into Libya but it remained unclear where they were going when they died.

Red Crescent spokesman Khaled al-Raqi said on Sunday that the 19 people had been found in the Jaghboub desert, some 400 km (250 miles) south of the Libyan port city of Tobruk on the Egyptian border.

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