Libyan rescue services have recovered the bodies of 20 people in the desert near the border with Chad. Migrants 'died of thirst'Rescue services said they "recovered 20 bodies found in the desert after their vehicle broke down." Human traffickers have managed to benefit from the instability in Libya, with criminal syndicates trafficking thousands of people along deadly routes in the Mediterranean. Migrants face deadly sea routes and abuseAccording to the Missing Migrants Project, which documents deaths and disappearances of people attempting to migrate, 24,234 people have gone missing since 2014 in the Mediterranean alone. According to the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, investigators say migrants held in detention face "acts of murder, torture, rape and other inhumane acts."

Source: Libya Today June 29, 2022 17:38 UTC