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Wooden Boat Capsizes Off Libya, 50 Migrants Feared Dead

7/15/2026

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A wooden boat carrying about 60 migrants capsized off eastern Libya near El-Bardaa Island, leaving at least 50 feared dead and ten survivors.
Security sources said the migrants were from sub-Saharan nations.
Rescue teams in Tobruk later recovered four bodies and rescued 24 people from a separate vessel adrift for two weeks.
In June, Tobruk authorities retrieved about 26 bodies after another migrant boat capsized near the city.

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A wooden boat carrying about 60 migrants capsized off eastern Libya near El-Bardaa Island, leaving at least 50 feared dead and ten survivors.
Security sources said the migrants were from sub-Saharan nations.
Rescue teams in Tobruk later recovered four bodies and rescued 24 people from a separate vessel adrift for two weeks.
In June, Tobruk authorities retrieved about 26 bodies after another migrant boat capsized near the city.