SOS Mediterranee spokesman Francesco Creazzo said that the survivors were all men, 12 of them minors with two of those not yet teenagers. The survivors were from Senegal, Mali and Gambia, SOS Mediterranee said (Johanna de Tessieres/ SOS Mediterranee via AP)Mr Creazzo said the survivors were traumatised and unable to give full accounts of what had transpired during the voyage. Humanitarian organisations often rely on accounts of survivors when pulling together the numbers of dead and missing at sea, presumed to have died. Survivors said the boat departed Zawiya in Libya with 75 people on board (Johanna de Tessieres/ SOS Mediteranee via AP)This was out of a total 279 deaths in the Mediterranean since January 1. The survivors said the boat departed Zawiya, Libya with 75 people on board, including some women and at least one small child.

Source: Libya Today March 14, 2024 13:51 UTC