Another 57 drown off Libya coast
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The deaths of 57 migrants off the Libyan coast brings the number of lives lost on the central Mediterranean crossing route this year to around 970, the United Nations said yesterday.
At least 57 migrants drowned after their boat sank off Libya, said the UN鈥檚 International Organization for Migration 鈥 the latest tragedy on the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe.
Among those missing are at least 20 women and two toddlers, the IOM told reporters in Geneva.
The ship left the Libyan port of Khoms, 120 kilometers east of Tripoli on Sunday, before it ran into trouble, took on water and sank.
鈥淟ocal fishermen and the Libyan coast guard rescued 18 people,鈥 said IOM spokesman Paul Dillon. 鈥淪urvivors told our staff who regularly respond to these heart-wrenching scenes that at least 57 are missing.
鈥淥ur staff in Libya provided emergency medical assistance, food, water and comfort to the survivors, who are from Nigeria, Ghana and The Gambia.鈥
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