Deadly Shipwreck Off Libya Coast Claims 62 Lives

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Primary source Kenyan Digest archive

This archive report was first published on 27 July 2019.

On July 25, 2019, a migrant boat sank off the Libyan coast, resulting in one of the deadliest shipwrecks of the year.

Rescue workers from the Red Crescent recovered the bodies of 62 migrants, a day after the tragic incident.

According to aid agencies, over 100 migrants were missing after the boat sank.

"Our Red Crescent teams have pulled 62 migrants" from the water since Thursday evening, said Abdelmoneim Abu Sbeih, head of the unit.

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