CAIRO — The bodies of 27 Europe-bound migrants, including a baby and two women, have washed ashore in western Libya, the country's Red Crescent said. The bodies were found late Saturday in two separate locations in the coastal town of Khoms, the Red Crescent's branch there said. The dead migrants likely drowned in recent shipwrecks off Libya. Earlier this month, more than 160 migrants drowned in two separate shipwrecks off the North African country, the International Organization for Migration said. The abuse often accompanies efforts to extort money from families before migrants are allowed to leave Libya on traffickers' boats.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 26, 2021 11:18 UTC