Old photos of shipwreck off Libya falsely shared as 'Greece migrant boat disaster'Copyright © AFP 2017-2023. The pictures actually show the deadly sinking of an overcrowded migrant boat off the Libyan coast in May 2016. One photo, which shows an overcrowded boat tilting to one side, was posted on Twitter here on June 18, 2023. "At least seven migrants have drowned after the heavily overcrowded boat they were sailing on overturned, the Italian navy said. AFP published both pictures in its report about the disaster (archived link).

Source: Libya Today July 12, 2023 08:09 UTC