Over 60 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Libya Coast: IOM

Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

At least 61 migrants drowned off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration said in a post. The ship carried around 86 people, among them women and children, the agency said citing survivors. It initially set off from the coast of Zwara, Libya. “​​The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes,” the agency said.

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