At least 61 bodies of migrants have been recovered over the past two weeks on the coast west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, a medical center said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Emergency Medicine and Support Center, under the Health Ministry, said that the bodies were recovered from the area from Zuwara to Ras Ijdir, near the border with Tunisia.<\/p>\n
“Remains of three bodies were found in Mellitah and 12 bodies in Zuwara, all of them belonging to irregular migrants,” the center said.<\/p>\n
Another group of 34 bodies was recovered in Zuwara, Abu Kammash and Mellitah, the center added.<\/p>\n
It added that 12 bodies were buried, but some others were transported to the morgue for autopsies and documentation.<\/p>\n
Pictures of medics were posted on the center’s verified Facebook page showing them recovering the bodies from the beaches and placing them in white plastic bags.<\/p>\n
In mid-September, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said at least 50 people had died after a vessel carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya’s coast.<\/p>\n
According to IOM data, a total of 894 890 migrants from 45 nationalities across 100 Libyan municipalities were residing in the country.<\/p>\n
Libya has become a transit route for migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe across the Mediterranean since the fall in 2011 of dictator Muammar Gaddafi during a NATO-backed uprising.<\/p>\n
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