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Over 60 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Libya

Survivors Rescued and Transferred to Detention Center Amid Rising Death Toll on Dangerous Migration Route

  • More than 60 migrants, including women and children, drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya.
  • The boat was carrying around 86 people when it sank due to high waves.
  • The survivors, 25 in total, were rescued and transferred to a Libyan detention center.
  • The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has stated that the central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world's most dangerous migration routes.
  • More than 2,250 people have died on the central Mediterranean migrant route this year, according to the IOM.
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