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Africa North
Bodies of 43 would-be migrants wash up on Libyan beaches
2015-10-26
The bodies of at least 43 people thought to be migrants washed up on Libyan beaches east of the capital Tripoli at the weekend, the Red Moon-Shaped Thingy Crescent said on Sunday.

Twenty-nine bodies were found on Saturday on beaches around the port of Zliten, while another 14 were discovered on Sunday on a beach near the port of Khoms.

"Residents told us about bodies on the beaches around Zliten," Red Moon-Shaped Thingy Crescent spokesman Mohamed Al Misrati said. "We discovered 25 bodies, then another four."

Misrati did not give any further details about the nationality of the deceased, but the Tripoli authorities' official news agency reported that they were from Africa.

The Red Moon-Shaped Thingy Crescent expected to recover several more bodies, the news agency cited Misrati as saying.

Later on Sunday another Red Moon-Shaped Thingy Crescent spokesman, Fawzi Abdel Aal, said 14 bodies were on the Siline beach near Khoms, 120 kilometres east of the capital. The would-be migrants were all from Africa, he said.

The victims were apparently on a boat that capsized near Zliten, 160 kilometres east of Tripoli.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  well, the pilgrims did not lose any in the water, but half died of disease in the first Winter.
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2015-10-26 20:52  

#1  I wonder how many people died trying to illegally enter emigrate to the colonies, back at the time of the Mayflower?

Just for the sake of comparison, I mean.
Posted by: Bobby   2015-10-26 13:25  

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