A small wooden boat carrying around 35 migrants capsized off the western Libya city of Sabratha Libya on Friday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Saturday.
“The bodies of six people have been retrieved while 29 others are missing and presumed dead,” IOM said via Twitter “At least 53 migrants have been reported dead or missing off Libya this week alone.”
The U.N.-funded organization underscored that “dedicated search and rescue capacity and a safe disembarkation mechanism are urgently needed to prevent further deaths and suffering.”
The continued loss of life in the #Mediterranean must not be normalized. Human lives are the cost of inaction. Dedicated search and rescue capacity and a safe disembarkation mechanism are urgently needed to prevent further deaths and suffering.
— IOM Libya (@IOM_Libya) April 16, 2022