Boat carrying Egyptian migrant capsizes off Libyan coast, 12 dead
The migrants, who were from Egypt’s al-Sharkia and al-Gharbia regions, were attempting to reach Italy, according to Libyan sources who interviewed the sole survivor.
Crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), distribute life jackets to a group of 61 migrants on a boat during a rescue operation in international waters off the coast of Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea September, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI)ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFFUpdated:
