73 migrants are presumed dead after a boat from Libya to Europe capsized.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration says the boat capsized on Tuesday, and Libyan authorities have recovered the bodies of 11 people who drowned.
The UN agency said in a statement that the boat was carrying 80 migrants who had left for European shores from the village of Qasr al-Khair, 80 kilometers from the Libyan capital Tripoli.
7 migrants survived the accident and came back to the Libyan coast, but their condition is very bad, they were transferred to the hospital.
In recent years, Libya has emerged as an important transit point for people wishing to migrate to Europe from Africa and the Middle East.
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