TRIPOLI: Libya’s Red Crescent said it took part in a major rescue operation after two boats carrying close to 100 irregular migrants capsized off the country’s coast, leaving four dead.
The four dead were among 26 Bangladeshis traveling aboard one vessel, the organization said.
The second boat was carrying 69 migrants, two of them Egyptian and the rest Sudanese, eight of whom were children, the Red Crescent said, reporting no deaths among them.
The organization said it had received an alert overnight about two boats that had capsized in the Mediterranean. They had departed from the Libyan city of Khoms, 120km east of Tripoli. The Red Crescent said it had worked alongside the coast guard and port authorities.
Libya is a key transit country for thousands of migrants seeking to reach Europe by sea each year.
