Sea, land tragedies claim lives of 50 migrants in Libya

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Published June 29, 2022 8:01 AM

By SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — An international charity says a flimsy rubber boat collapsed and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya’s coast, leaving at least 30 people including women and children missing and feared dead. Officials said Wednesday they found the bodies of 20 migrants who died of thirst in the desert close to the border with Chad. The deaths marked the latest tragedies involving migrants who use Libya as a transit point on a perilous journey to Europe. The vessel sank Monday in the deadly central Mediterranean Sea migration route. That’s according to Doctors Without Borders.

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