Category: Red Crescent

Red Crescent Says Bodies of 17 People Washed Ashore in Libya

ABOARD GEO BARENTS—At least 17 bodies, likely of Europe-bound migrants, have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said. They were found Tuesday near the western Libyan town of Zawiya, the Red Crescent’s branch in the town said. The bodies were handed over to authorities for burial, it said. The migrants likely drowned….


At Least 43 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Tunisia, Red Crescent Says

TUNIS—At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, the Tunisian Red Crescent told Reuters on Saturday. The boat had set off from Zuwara, on Libya’s northwest coast, carrying migrants from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Bangladesh, the humanitarian…