Hussein Thwadi said bodies had washed up on a daily basis, with 53 found on a single day last week. Red Crescent volunteers and local officials have been removing them for burial in a cemetery for unidentified bodies in Sabratha, he said. TRIPOLI (Reuters) - More than 120 bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe have washed up around Sabratha in western Libya this month, the city’s mayor said on Sunday. Thwadi said he had raised the issue with the new government’s leadership but had not yet received any concrete response. A U.N.-backed government that has been trying to establish itself in Tripoli since March says tackling migration is among its priorities.

Source: Huffington Post July 31, 2016 13:41 UTC