Tripoli Jan 10 (IANS/AKI) At least 90-100 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Libya s coast the Libyan Coast Guard said on Wednesday adding that it had rescued 17 women from the stricken rubber dinghy.
The shipwreck occurred on Tuesday off al-Khoms east of Tripoli it said on its Facebook page.
At least 81 people perished in the Mediterranean between January 1 and January 8 compared with 26 known deaths in December the International Organisation for Migration reported on Tuesday.
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