Image copyright AFP Image caption Migrant boats, such as this one on the left, are often packed full of peopleMore than 200 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say. The UN has warned 2016 could be the deadliest for migrants making the journey. Read more:Gambia goalkeeper dies trying to reach EuropeMigrant deaths hit record in 2016Aboard the migrant rescue boatMany of those killed in the latest two incidents are believed to be migrants from West Africa. In a separate rescue operation, two women found swimming at sea told rescuers that 128 other people had died in their wreck. Italy has seen an increase in the trafficking of migrants from Libya ever since an EU-Turkey agreement to halt migrants travelling to the Greek islands came into force in March.

Source: Libya Today November 03, 2016 12:26 UTC