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Dozens dead or presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya, UN says

In this file photo, a wooden boat with 28 refugees from Africa and Magreb is rescued by Open Arms NGO, some 45 nautical miles away from the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea on March 5, 2022. © Andoni Lubaki, AP

A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday.

The shipwreck took place Friday off the western Libyan city of Sabratha, a major launching point for the mainly African migrants making the dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean, said the International Organization for Migration.

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