CAIRO: The bodies of 27 Europe-bound migrants, including a baby and two women, have washed ashore in western Libya, the country’s Red Crescent said, describing the latest tragedy involving migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in pursuit of better lives in Europe. The bodies were then taken to the morgue of Khoms hospital, said Dr Osama al-Saket, the hospitals director. The dead migrants likely drowned in recent shipwrecks off Libya. Earlier this month, more than 160 migrants drowned in two separate shipwrecks off the North African country, the International Organisation for Migration said. The abuse often accompanies efforts to extort money from families before migrants are allowed to leave Libya on traffickers boats.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 27, 2021 01:57 UTC