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Zuwara shipwreck: IOM confirms 61 migrants dead
UN migration agency, the international Organization for Migration has confirmed 61 migrants dead in the shipwreck that occured off Libya.
The deceased according to the IOM included women and children.
A statement by the UN agency reads: “61 migrants including women and children drowned following a tragic shipwreck off Libya. According to the survivors, the boat with around 86 people left the libyan shores from Zwara. The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes.”
Prior to the statement released by IOM, we had reported AlarmPhone’s detailed account of the incident.
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