The boat was overwhelmed by high waves and 61 migrants, including children, were missing and presumed dead.
More than 60 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya. The BBC reports this in relation to the International Organization for Migration.
It was noted that survivors said the ship left the Libyan city of Zuwara with about 86 people on board. The boat was overwhelmed by high waves and 61 migrants, including children, were missing and presumed dead.
Libya is one of the main points of departure for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
According to AFP, most of the passengers on the sunken boat were citizens of Nigeria, Gambia and other African countries.
Representatives of the International Organization for Migration provided medical aid to the survivors, and 25 people were sent to a detention center near Tripoli.
We remind you that in October, more than 1.6 thousand illegal immigrants landed in the Canaries in three days. Most of the ships carrying the migrants dock at Hierro Island, which has already received several thousand migrants in the past few weeks.
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