A migrant boat sank off the coast of Libya, killing 42 people
The United Nations Migration Agency said on Wednesday that 42 people, most of them Sudanese, were likely to have died A boat carrying dozens of migrants sank off the Libyan coast on November 3, while seven were rescued after spending six days at sea.
The agency said in a statement: "On November 8, Libyan authorities carried out a search and rescue operation after a rubber boat sank" It was transporting 49 migrants, including two women, days after it sailed from the Libyan coast"
The statement stated that the searches allowed Rescuingseven people who spent all these days at sea, and they are four Sudanese, two Nigerians, and a Cameroonian.
The waves were disrupted by strong waves
The survivors said that the boat sailed from Zuwara in northwestern Libya at dawn on November 3. Six hours later, strong waves led to an engine failure and the boat capsized, according to what was reported Statement on the survivors.
Among the missing persons who were likely killed were 29 Sudanese, eight Somalis, three Cameroonians, and two Nigerians.
According to the project "Missing Migrants" (Missing Migrants) of the United Nations, 33,000 migrants have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean since 2014.
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