CAIRO: A dozen people were missing and feared drowned off the coast of Libya on Saturday after a boat carrying around three dozen migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, a UN official said. Safa Msehli, a spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration, said the shipwreck took place off the coastal town of Zawiya. She said that among the missing were two children, and that at least 20 migrants were rescued and returned Libya. Later, the relative initially reported that at least 15 migrants died at sea, and at least 17 others were returned to Libya, it said. In recent years, the European Union has partnered with the coast guard and other Libyan forces to stop the flow of migrants.

Source: Libya Today June 13, 2020 16:18 UTC