11 migrants drowned in shipwreck off LibyaThe Libyan coastguard on Tuesday recovered the bodies of 11 migrants including a child after their Europe-bound boat sank off the North African country’s coast, an AFP journalist said. The coastguard also came to the aid of at least four survivors of the shipwreck who were able to swim to shore after the sinking. One of the migrants said the boat had carried about 80 people before it went down near the coastline. Some fled the area after swimming back to shore, but the fate of other migrants was not immediately clear. In the evening, the coastguard carried out a second mission to rescue migrants on board another boat in distress off the same city.
