At least 45 migrants and refugees have died this week off Libya in the deadliest shipwreck of the year, the United Nations said in Geneva on Wednesday.
The UN agencies for refugees (UNHCR) and for migration (IOM) said in a joint statement that the 37 survivors rescued by fishermen explained that at least 45 other people had died when the engine of their boat exploded off Zwara (Libya).
Survivors in detention
The survivors, mostly from Senegal, Mali, Chad and Ghana, were detained after being disembarked in Libya, the two UN agencies added.
This new tragedy brings to at least 302 the number of migrants and refugees who perished on this route of exile, but the true figure of the victims, which is unknown, is certainly much higher, indicated the UNHCR and IOM. .
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