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51 migrants reported dead or missing after boat sinks off Libya’s coast
2026-06-21
[GaroweOnline] A boat carrying 61 migrants colonists sank off the coast of the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk on June 12, leaving 51 people dead or missing, the al-Abreen Foundation for Migrants and Humanitarian Services said on Friday.

According to the foundation, only 10 migrants colonists survived the incident. Sixteen bodies have so far been recovered from coastal areas, including Ain al-Ghazala, al-Qardaba, Akrimah, and al-Qa’rah.

Search and recovery operations for the remaining missing migrants colonists are still ongoing, it added.

Libya remains a major transit point for migrants colonists seeking to reach Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
across the Mediterranean Sea. Shipwrecks are frequent due to overcrowded vessels and perilous sea conditions.
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