Four migrants dead, 10 missing off Libyan coast: UN

Migrants sit on the deck of the Belgian Navy vessel Godetia after they were saved at sea during a search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coasts, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (AP)
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  • “31 were on board. 17 survived. Others are still missing,” UNHCR said on Facebook, without giving further details about their nationalities

TRIPOLI: Four migrants have died at sea and 10 are missing after an incident involving a boat off the coast of Tobruk, in eastern Libya, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced Sunday.
“31 were on board. 17 survived. Others are still missing,” UNHCR said on Facebook, without giving further details about their nationalities.
“People risk the sea when war leaves them no safe way out... Expand safe and legal pathways,” it added.