Ten bodies have washed up on Libyan shores so far, two of them Libyans and the rest Pakistanis, she said. “I believe the Libyan coastguard is looking for other survivors off the coast,” Headon added. Another IOM spokesman, Leonard Doyle, told Reuters Television that the boat was believed to have left shore on Thursday before capsizing early on Friday morning. More than 600,000 people are believed to have made the journey from Libya to Italy over the past four years. The Libyan coastguard, which receives EU funding and training, has become more assertive in recent months in intercepting migrants and bringing them back to Libya.

Source: bd News24 February 02, 2018 15:22 UTC