Four migrants drown, three missing off Libya Tripoli, May 24, 2022 – Four migrants were found dead and three were missing after their boat capsized off the Libyan coast, the North African country’s coast guard said Tuesday. More than 70 people are missing in the Mediterranean after a boat crowded with migrants headed for Europe from Libya sank off neighbouring Tunisia, the coastguard said Wednesday. Libya has become a major launchpad for migrants seeking to reach Europe on what has become the world’s deadliest migration route. Tunisia’s Sfax region is itself a busy departure point for attempts to reach Europe, some of them by its own citizens. Nearly 2,000 migrants went missing or drowned in the Mediterranean in 2021, compared to 1,401 the previous year, according to the IOM.

Source: Libya Today May 25, 2022 15:45 UTC