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2021-07-27 Africa North
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Migrant boat capsizes off Libya, 57 thought dead: UN
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[AlAhram] The survivors, who are from Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia
... The Gambia is actually surrounded by The Senegal on all sides but its west coast. It has a population of about 1.7 million. The difference between the two is that in colonial days Senegal was ruled by La Belle France and The Gambia (so-called because there's only one of it, unlike Guinea, of which there are the Republic of Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, New Guinea, the English coin in circulation between 1663 and 1813, and Guyana, which sounds like it should be another one) was ruled by Britain...
, reported the vessel had stopped due to an engine problem, then capsized amid bad weather, Safa Msehli, a spokesperson for IOM said
A boat carrying African migrants colonists capsized off Libya's coast Monday, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead, a UN migration official said.
The vessel left the western coastal town of Khums on Sunday, Safa Msehli, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration, said.
She said there were at least 75 migrants colonists on board, including women and kiddies.
Eighteen of the migrants colonists were rescued and returned to shore by fishermen and Libya's coasties, Msehli said.
The capsizing was the latest disaster in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants colonists seeking a better life in Europe.
There has been a spike in crossings and attempted crossings from Libya in recent months. Amnesia Amnesty International has said that in the first six months of this year, more than 7,000 people intercepted at sea were forcibly returned to detention camps in Libya.
Libya has in recent years emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants colonists fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East. The oil-rich country plunged into chaos following a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Muammar Qadaffy
 ...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse...
in 2011.
Rights groups and officials at UN agencies that work with migrants colonists and refugees have for years cited survivor testimony about systematic abuse in detention camps in Libya.
These include forced labor, beatings, rapes and torture. The abuse often accompanies efforts to extort money from families before migrants colonists are allowed to leave Libya on traffickers' boats. 
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