BENGHAZI: ‌Four migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean more than ​five days after the boat supposed to carry them to Europe capsized off Libya, three Libyan sources and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) ‌said on ‌Monday.

However, 10 ​migrants ‌were ⁠confirmed ​to have ⁠died in the disaster off Tobruk in eastern Libya, and 31 were still missing. Six bodies were recovered on Saturday ⁠after washing ashore.

The ‌IOM said ‌search efforts were ​continuing. ‌The migrants are from Egypt ‌and Sudan, the security sources said.

Libya is a transit route for migrants, many ‌of them from sub-Saharan Africa, risking their lives to ⁠flee ⁠to Europe across desert and sea in the hope of escaping conflict and poverty.

Its 100 municipalities now harbor well over 900,000 migrants, according to UN data collected at the end ​of last year.