Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic shipwreck” off the coast of Libya, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said.
The IOM’s Libya office disclosed this in a post on X, saying the boat had about 86 people on it.
It said, “61 migrants including women and children drowned following a tragic shipwreck off Libya.
“According to the survivors, the boat with around 86 people left the libyan shores from Zwara. The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes.”
The nationalities of the migrants were not stated in the post.
Libya is a key transit point and thousands of people go there annually in a bid to get to Europe, in search of greener pastures.
Many migrants die yearly during such journeys.
