At Least 150 Migrants Feared Dead After Boat Sinks Off Libya

The body of a migrant is recovered after a boat sank off the coast of Zuwarah, Libya, on Thursday.


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CAIRO — At least 150 people are believed to have drowned off western Libya after a fishing boat carrying migrants sank in the Mediterranean, Libyan and international relief officials said on Friday.
If confirmed, the death toll would be among the highest this summer for refugees and migrants trying to reach Europe from North Africa.
The sinking occurred early evening on Thursday — the same day the authorities in Austria found the decomposing bodies of 71 people, presumed to be migrants, in the back of a truck abandoned alongside a highway.
yX Media - Monetize your website traffic with us Jamal Naji Zubia, director of the foreign media office for the Tripoli-based government of Libya, said that the fishing boat went down off the port city of Zuwarah. It is a frequently used departure point for migrants and refugees trying to make the Mediterranean crossing, often in packed fishing boats or rubber dinghies.

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