According to BBC, scores of migrants have drowned while trying to reach Europe after their boat sank off Libya,the Libyan navy reports.Navy spokesman, Ayub Qassem confirmed that 26 people had been rescued after the vessel which carried 250 people drowned near Tajora,east of Tripoli. ''There are so many dead bodies floating in the sea'',Qassem informed reporters.
Incidentally,the tragedy occurred weeks after three vessels conveying migrants sank in quick succession on the route from Libya to Italy. There has been an increase in the number of migrants leaving Libya this year,with human traffickers cashing in on the chaos in Libya. Qassem confirmed that most of the migrants were African women.
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