GENEVA: An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsised early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
Survivors told aid workers that most of the migrants on board were Pakistanis, who form a growing group heading to Italy, IOM spokeswoman Olivia Headon, speaking from Tunis, told a Geneva news briefing.
“They have given an estimate of 90 who drowned during the capsise, but we still have to verify the exact number of people who lost their lives during the tragedy,” she said.
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Ninety migrants, mostly Pakistanis, believed dead in shipwreck off Libya
Ninety migrants, mostly Pakistanis, believed dead in shipwreck off Libya
Syrian government says it controls prison in Raqqa with Daesh-linked detainees
- Prison holds detainees linked to Daesh, and witnessed clashes in its vicinity between advancing Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters
The Syrian interior ministry said on Friday it had taken over Al-Aktan prison in the city of Raqqa in northeast Syria, a facility that was formerly under the control of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The prison held detainees linked to the militant group Daesh, and witnessed clashes in its vicinity between advancing Syrian government forces and SDF.
The prison held detainees linked to the militant group Daesh, and witnessed clashes in its vicinity between advancing Syrian government forces and SDF.
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