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Woman, baby drown, 25 migrants missing in Libya shipwreck

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ISTANBUL Jun 02, 2019 - 8:10 pm GMT+3
by Jun 02, 2019 8:10 pm

A woman and baby drowned Sunday off the Libyan coast, while up to 25 migrants remain missing after their engine was stolen and their boat sank, the coastguard said.

Their bodies were recovered while the 73 other migrants were rescued after fishermen alerted the Libyan coastguard, said spokesman Ayoub Kacem.

The group had been left without an engine after it was stolen at sea by unknown assailants, he added.

The dinghy was drifting some 14 nautical miles from Garabulli, east of the capital Tripoli, when it started taking on water and ultimately sank.

Forty men, 25 women and eight children were saved and taken to a center in the Tripoli suburbs, Kacem said.

The survivors, some of whom were injured, come from Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria and Sudan.

Between 80 and 100 people were on board the dinghy, leaving up to 25 missing, according to a separate coastguard statement citing survivors' testimony.

Libya, which has been mired in chaos in recent years, is a key departure point for migrants hoping to reach European shores.

Nearly 20,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, while more than 500 are dead and missing, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

There has been a significant drop in the numbers reaching Italy, following a controversial deal signed with Libya and Rome adopting a hardline migration stance.

Kacem said the "efforts of the Libyan coastguard have allowed a fall of more than 75% of the number of departures of migrants" from the country's shores.

The change has let to "far fewer shipwrecks and victims at sea," he said.

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