Migrant bodies wash up in Libya

More than 3740 migrant deaths have been recorded this year in the central Mediterranean, most of them on the route between Italy and Libya.

The bodies of 16 migrants have washed up on shore at the western Libyan city of Zuwara, a Red Crescent spokesman says.

On Sunday Al-Khamis al-Bosaifi said the bodies, which were recovered on Saturday, were all men who appeared to be from sub-Saharan Africa.

"The bodies are decomposed and we have no idea when they drowned," he said.

Libya is a common departure point for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.

They travel in ill-equipped boats that often break down or sink.






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