26/07/2019
Libya's coast guard recovers dozens of bodies of migrants
CAIRO ? Libya's coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants who perished at sea as search operations continued Friday, a day after up to 150 people, including women and children, went missing and were feared drowned after their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi described Thursday's shipwreck as quot;the worst Mediterranean tragedyquot; this year. The Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in the Libyan capital said that up to 350 migrants were on board the boats that capsized off the town of Khoms, around 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Tripoli. The migrants include nationals from Eritrea, Egypt, Sudan and Libya, the...
