{"id":296154,"date":"2017-02-21T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=296154"},"modified":"2017-02-21T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:16:41","slug":"dozens-of-migrants-drown-off-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/dozens-of-migrants-drown-off-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of migrants drown off Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is believed they were trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Migrant deaths have risen to record levels along this smuggling route in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>A torn rubber boat was found nearby, and it is feared more bodies may surface as such vessels usually carry up to 120 people.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those who died are believed to be children.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent &#8211; the country&#8217;s Red Cross &#8211; said the bodies were retrieved by its workers.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed al-Misrati said local authorities would take the bodies to a cemetery for unidentified people in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Crescent posted photographs on its Twitter account showing dozens of body bags along the shore.<\/p>\n<p>The UN&#8217;s migration agency, the International Organisation for Migration, said the boat that sank had left Libya on Saturday with 110 people on board.<\/p>\n<p>At least 5,000 people drowned last year while trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n<figure style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/E660\/production\/_94767985_redcrescent.jpg\" alt=\"The bodies of 74 migrants and refugees have washed ashore in the western Libyan city of Zawiya, Libya's Red Crescent has said.\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Red Crescent said the dead would be buried in a cemetery for unidentified people in Tripoli, Libya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Libyan coast guard spokesman Ayoub Gassim said over 500 migrants were rescued at sea on Friday and Saturday near the city of Sabratha, to the west of Zawiya.<\/p>\n<p>The boats were between five and seven miles (8-11km) from the coast of Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gassim said the smugglers were now using larger rubber boats in order to pack more migrants in, some carrying up to 180 people.<\/p>\n<p>The boats are weak, and loading them so heavily dramatically raises the risk of sinking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeing the new boats, which are not equipped with anything, but they carry more people,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is going to be even more disastrous to the migrants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is believed they were trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. 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