At least 61 migrants, including women and children, drown after shipwreck off Libya, IOM says

At least 61 migrants, including women and children, drown after shipwreck off Libya, IOM says

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The organisation quoted survivors as saying the boat, carrying around 86 people, departed Zwara city

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a "tragic" shipwreck off Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya said on social media platform X on Saturday.

The organisation quoted survivors as saying the boat, carrying around 86 people, departed the Libyan city of Zwara.