At least four dead as two migrant boats cap sized

16/11/2025 5:37

At least four people were killed when two boats carrying 95 irregular migrants capsized off the Libyan coastal city of Al Khums on Thursday, according to the Libyan Red Crescent.



The first boat was carrying 26 migrants from Bangladesh, four of whom died.



The second boat carried 69 migrants, including two Egyptians and dozens of Sudanese.



Khums is a coastal city, some 118 km east of the capital, Tripoli.



On Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration said that at least 42 migrants went missing and presumed dead after a rubber boat sank near the Al Buri oilfield, an offshore facility north-northwest of the Libyan coast.



Libya has become a transit route for migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe across the Mediterranean since the fall in 2011 of dictator Muammar Gaddafi during a NATO-backed uprising.