Libya migrant shipwrecks

More than 60 migrants drown after boat sinks off Libya, says UN

A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people - including women and children - dead, the U.N. migration agency said.

Saturday's shipwreck was the latest tragedy in this part of the Mediterranean Sea, a key dangerous route for migrants seeking a better life in Europe, where, according to officials, thousands have died.

Nearly 100 irregular migrants rescued in Eastern Mediterranean

A total of 97 irregular migrants on a rubber boat which was about to sink off in the Eastern Mediterranean, were rescued by joint efforts of Turkish Naval Forces and Libyan Coast Guard, according to security sources on May 14.

The TCG Gaziantep frigate, on duty off Libya, detected a rubber boat with irregular migrants 28 miles off Khoms Port on May 13.