This tragedy comes a few days after the news of the death of 160 migrants in a week, after the sinking of their boats off the west coast of Libya.
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The lifeless bodies of 28 migrants were discovered Saturday, December 25 in the evening, on the west coast of Libya, after the sinking of their boat, AFP learned Sunday from a security source. “Red Crescent teams recovered 28 bodies of dead migrants and found three survivors at two separate locations on the beaches of Al-Allous”, 90 kilometers from the capital Tripoli, a local security official told AFP.
“The state of the decomposing bodies indicates that the sinking occurred a few days ago”, he added. Images circulated by the local press show the bodies lined up on the shore and then placed in body bags.
This tragedy comes a few days after the news of the death of 160 migrants in one week, after the sinking of their boats off the west coast of Libya, bringing to 1,500 the number of deaths on this route since the beginning of year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). More than 30,000 migrants have been rescued or intercepted since the start of this year off the Libyan coast, according to the IOM.