At least 70 migrants are dead after a boat that set sail from Libya capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia's state-run press agency reports
The boat, carrying migrants of sub-Saharan origin, set sail from Libya, TAP said, quoting a regional source. The number of victims could rise as Tunisia's Navy continues its recovery efforts, TAP reported. It added that the bodies of victims will be transferred to the Sfax Habib Bourguiba University Hospital.The UK branch of the UN migration agency International Organization for Migration tweeted that at least 50 people had died and that there were only 16 survivors.
— IOM Libya May 10, 2019 According to IOM figures, 443 migrants have died in the Mediterranean this year. In total there have been 25,451 attempted crossings, it says.
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