The Buzz | Spokesman: 90 migrants believed dead off Libyan shore
The spokesman for the Libyan navy said yesterday that more than 90 migrants are believed dead after their rickety boat was damaged shortly after leaving the Libyan coast.
Ayoub Gassim said the coast guard has rescued 29 survivors, who said the plastic boat ripped and began filling with water about 26 miles off the Libyan coast, in international waters. He said that a total of 126 migrants were in the boat, mostly African nationals.
The death toll for migrants in the Mediterranean has reached at least 3,800 this year so far, making 2016 the deadliest year ever for migrants in the Mediterranean.
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