Sixty-one people, including women and children, have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, a UN agency has said. The boat originally contained 86 people and left the Libyan shores from Zwara, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). "The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world's most dangerous migration routes," the IOM said in a statement. The IOM say 25 people survived and were transferred to a Libyan detention centre. It was also confirmed a migrant died during an incident on Friday, while another was left in a critical condition.

Source: Libya Today December 17, 2023 12:15 UTC