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Libya: More Than 100 Sudanese Refugees Dead or Missing in Shipwrecks Off Libya

Libya: More Than 100 Sudanese Refugees Dead or Missing in Shipwrecks Off Libya

At least 110 people have died or gone missing after two boats carrying mostly Sudanese refugees sunk off the coast of Tobruk, Libya.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Libya said Wednesday evening that only 13 people survived after a vessel carrying 74 people, mostly Sudanese refugees, capsized Sunday off the coast of Tobruk.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported another shipwreck that occurred on Saturday, in which at least 50 people died “after a…

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