TRIPOLI —The bodies of at least 15 migrants have washed ashore in a coastal city east of Libya’s capital Tripoli, medical officials confirmed on Monday.
According to the Emergency Medicine and Support Center, an agency operating under the Libyan health ministry, the bodies were discovered in Khums, roughly 118 kilometers east of Tripoli. Officials stated that all of the recovered bodies have since been buried.
The medical center shared images on its Facebook page depicting team members in white hazmat suits transporting the bodies in plastic bags and carrying out the burial proceedings.
Since the 2011 uprising, Libya has served as a major North African transit point for hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing poverty and conflict, predominantly from sub-Saharan Africa. Many risk perilous journeys through the desert and across the Mediterranean Sea in hopes of reaching Europe.
Source: Saudi Gazette