Tripoli: The Libyan Coast Guard has rescued 61 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies off the coast of Garrabulli, some 55 km east of the capital Tripoli. The total number of illegal migrants rescued today is 61 of different African, Asian and Arab nationalities,” Esa al-Zarrug, a Coast Guard officer, told Xinhua news agency late Tuesday. A total of 4,335 illegal migrants have been rescued or intercepted by the Libyan authorities so far this year. Meanwhile, 310 illegal migrants have died and 227 others have gone missing on the central Mediterranean route off the Libyan coast, according to the International Organization for Migration. Migrants and asylum seekers use the Central Mediterranean route to enter the EU on an irregular basis.

CAIRO (AP) — A rubber boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off the coast of Libya and at least 55 people drowned, including women and children, the U.N. migration agency said Wednesday. It was the latest tragedy in this part of the Mediterranean Sea, a key route for migrants. The agency said five migrants survived the shipwreck and were brought back to shore by the Libyan coast guard. The was the latest tragedy in the central Mediterranean Sea, a key route for migrants. Human traffickers in recent years have benefited from the chaos in Libya, smuggling in migrants across the country’s lengthy borders with six nations.

Malta’s armed forces have refused to provide figures on migrant rescue operations requested by Times of Malta, claiming their publication could endanger national security. Maltese authorities have systematically refused to comment on reports claiming they are pushing back migrants, endangering their lives, and to release data on their rescue operations, the online edition of local daily Times of Malta said on Sunday, April 23. Authorities however refused to provide the data requested, claiming that “the release of such information would, or could reasonably be expected to cause irreparable harm and damage to security and/or defence of Malta,” the publication said. The newspaper reported that authorities claimed the data was “of a sensitive nature” and that divulging information about the AFM’s operations would go against “national security interests”. In May 2022, the daily appealed to the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner, which has not yet decided on the case.

The deaths mark the latest migrant tragedy off North Africa, after a migrant boat sinking last week west of Tripoli killed at least 34 people. Italy migrant boat tragedy - in picturesExpand Autoplay A view of the wreckage of a capsized boat that was washed ashore at a beach near Cutro, southern Italy. APOne of the migrants said the boat had carried about 80 people before it went down near the coastline. In the evening, the coastguard carried out a second mission to rescue migrants on board another boat in distress off the same city. "We rescued 61 migrants who were on another boat and they are all safe," an official of the Garabulli coastguard said.

When a group of 108 migrants tried to sail from Libya to Malta, they were intercepted by Libyan Coast Guard ship. This is just one harrowing detail from a UN fact-finding mission report on the exploitation of migrants in Libya since 2016. The UN report gives a detailed description of what Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) interception and disembarkation operations look like. Last February, the European Commission handed over five specialised search and rescue vessels to the Libyan Coast Guard. But as resources go to interception, Libyan entities still commmit violations and abuses against migrants.

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11 migrants drowned in shipwreck off LibyaThe Libyan coastguard on Tuesday recovered the bodies of 11 migrants including a child after their Europe-bound boat sank off the North African country’s coast, an AFP journalist said. The coastguard also came to the aid of at least four survivors of the shipwreck who were able to swim to shore after the sinking. One of the migrants said the boat had carried about 80 people before it went down near the coastline. Some fled the area after swimming back to shore, but the fate of other migrants was not immediately clear. In the evening, the coastguard carried out a second mission to rescue migrants on board another boat in distress off the same city.

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Lying on grass, the survivors tried to catch their breath and regain strength after receiving food and drink from the rescuers. One of the migrants said the boat had carried about 80 people before it went down near the coastline. Some fled the area after swimming back to shore, but the fate of other migrants was not immediately clear. Those on board the stricken vessel were of various nationalities, including Bangladesh, Egypt and Pakistan, according to passports shown by the survivors. The Libyan Red Crescent said on Monday that it had recovered the bodies of 34 migrants since an inflatable boat carrying around 100 people sank off the city of Sabratha last week.

TRIPOLI: At least 57 bodies, including those of Pakistanis, have been washed ashore after two migrant boats sank in the Mediterranean off different towns in western Libya, a coast guard officer and an aid worker said on Tuesday. One survivor, Bassam Mahm­oud from Egypt, said there were about 80 passengers on one of the boats that set off for Europe at around 2am on Tuesday. There was an argument as the boat was sinking but the man in charge refused to stop, he said. Eleven bodies, including that of a child, were recovered off Qarabulli in eastern Tripoli, said coast guard officer Fathi al-Zayani. The aid worker said more bodies were expected to be washed up in coming days.

GARABULLI, Libya: The Libyan coastguard recovered on Tuesday the bodies of 11 migrants including a child after their Europe-bound boat sank off the North African country´s coast, an AFP journalist said. The coastguard also came to the aid of at least four survivors of the shipwreck who were able to swim to shore after the sinking. Authorities in the town of Garabulli, some 50-km east of Tripoli, were alerted to the presence of bodies floating in the water a few metres from the shore. They recovered the bodies of 10 men and a girl and placed them in white body bags, and rescued the survivors who were too exhausted to flee on foot, the AFP journalist said. Lying on grass, the survivors tried to catch their breath and regain strength after receiving food and drink from the rescuers.

Rising petrol prices have always been an issue for the people of the country. The fluctuation in petrol prices can turn any discussion into a political debate and whenever a revision of the prices is announced, people flock to the petrol pumps to fill their vehicles before the prices rise. Various countries have different petrol prices depending on their production and economy and here is the list of countries that have the cheapest petrol:VenezuelaVenezuela is the country with the cheapest petrol prices. LibyaLibya, also known as the State of Libya, is where citizens can avail petrol for Rs 2.68 per litre. The most expensive country in terms of petrol prices on the list has a little more than 1/4th the price of petrol in India.

Over 100 Libyans, who were evacuated from Sudan a few days ago, are set to arrive in Tripoli tonight, announced the Government of National Unity. The nationals will arrive via flight of the Afriqiyah Airways, a Libyan state-owned airline, from Jeddah Airport to Mitiga Airport in Tripoli on Tuesday night. This comes a day after the Libyan Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that the nationals were evacuated via sea to Saudi Arabia in coordination with the Saudi authorities.

The crafty family-of-four can be seen on CCTV footage apparently sneaking out of an Italian restaurant as staff prepared their deserts on Saturday night. The unknown man and woman were first seen by checking for filming equipment before chowing down on a £60 dinner with their two kids. But a CCTV camera caught them later making their escape from Vito’s in Sheffield, South Yorks., after they ordered deserts to distract the unsuspecting staff. She said they'd ordered three deserts but the kids and the woman had left, and it was just the man in the restaurant. The man, in a blue t shirt, then orders deserts before making a dash while the waitress is distracted.