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50 migrants feared lost off Libya
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At least 50 migrants, including women and children, were feared lost at sea, while 10 survived, after their wooden boat capsized on Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Libya, two security sources told Reuters.
The survivors were rescued near El-Bardaa Island, some 70 km (43 miles) west of Tobruk, which is near the border with Egypt.
Libya has become a transit route for migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe via dangerous routes across the desert and over the Mediterranean since the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011.
The security sources said the boat was carrying about 60 migrants. According to the survivors, the boat set sail early in the morning.
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