TRIPOLI: Following two separate boat accidents off the coast of Libya this weekend, about 100 Sudanese refugees are either dead or missing, and the number is expected to increase, according to a statement released by UN agencies on Wednesday.
Off the eastern port city of Tobruk, one boat sank on Saturday and another caught fire on Sunday, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stated on its X account for Libya that the first boat was carrying 74 people, “mostly Sudanese refugees,” of whom “only 13 people survived and dozens remain missing” following Saturday’s crash.
