worldUpdated: Sep 15, 2020 14:23 ISTThe UN migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, leaving at least two dozen people drowned or missing and presumed dead, the latest shipwreck off the North African country. She said the coast guard retrieved two bodies, and survivors reported 22 others were missing and presumed dead. All migrants were men, with a majority from Egypt and Morocco, she said. The shipwreck was the latest maritime disaster involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe. In August, a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized leaving at least 45 people drowned or missing and presumed dead, marking the largest number of fatalities in a single shipwreck off the coast of the North African country.

Source: Hindustan Times September 15, 2020 08:37 UTC