At a stranding in front of Libyan coast, at least 31 people died. This is reported by Reuters news agency, citing Libyan officials. More than 200 people were thus saved.

The accident occurred not far from Garabulli, a Libyan city east of Tripoli. From re, refugees wanted to cross Mediterranean Sea on two boats. Several corpses in water had been driven by disaster, said Libyan navy's spokesman. It was estimated that re had been 500Menschen on board. It was expected that dieZahl of dead and missing could still rise.

The maritime rescue organisation SOS Mediterraneanee said that she had reached a wooden boat with more than 400 people with her ship Aquarius in international waters before Libya. There was no mention of drowned.

The corpses of derFlüchtlinge are to be brought to capital city of Tripoli. In this year, about 3,000 migrants are already in Versuchumgekommen to zuüberqueren Mediterranean Sea-disabled boats to Europe. Since Wednesday, more than 1,100 people have been gerettetworden. Aid organisations, however, complained of a ZunehmendeBehinderung in search for shipwrecked refugees high seas.

Date Of Update: 26 November 2017, 12:03