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Migration: Survivors Rescued Off Libya’s Coast

ByGodwin Duru

Mar 1, 2021 #Libya, #Migrant
Migrants

About one hundred migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya, with fifteen reported dead at sea.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM),many of the survivors suffered from burns and hypothermia.

Most of those rescued on Sunday are African migrants from Cameroon, Sudan and Mali, the AFP news agency reports.

On Friday, IOM Libya said more than one hundred and fifty migrants had been intercepted and returned to the country by its coast guard.