Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN's migration agency. Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea. EU countries have wrangled over both reducing migrant numbers and deciding which countries are responsible for processing migrants on arrival. "Ten bodies are reported to have washed up on Libyan shores," the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement. Some cases of illegal Libyan migration were documented last year, but they usually involved sturdier boats that were carrying few people.

Source: The Star February 02, 2018 19:30 UTC