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| Migrant crisis: Scores feared drowned off Libyan coast | Migrant crisis: Scores feared drowned off Libyan coast |
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| Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN's migration agency. | Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN's migration agency. |
| Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. | Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. |
| Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea. | Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea. |
| But last year the EU reached a controversial deal to provide help to the Libyan coastguard to stop the flow of boats carrying migrants and refugees to Italy. | But last year the EU reached a controversial deal to provide help to the Libyan coastguard to stop the flow of boats carrying migrants and refugees to Italy. |
| Aid agencies and the UN accused European governments of taking an inhuman approach. | Aid agencies and the UN accused European governments of taking an inhuman approach. |
| EU governments complicit in migrant torture in Libya, says Amnesty | |
| "Ten bodies are reported to have washed up on Libyan shores," the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement. | "Ten bodies are reported to have washed up on Libyan shores," the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement. |
| A spokesperson said Pakistanis were increasingly trying to make the perilous crossing to Italy. | A spokesperson said Pakistanis were increasingly trying to make the perilous crossing to Italy. |
| Unusually, there were also Libyans among the dead and survivors, reports the BBC's North Africa correspondent Rana Jawad. | |
| The Facebook page of the city's security directorate said a Libyan woman had drowned, but that, of the three survivors, two were Libyan nationals. | |
| Libyans rarely attempt the dangerous and illegal boat journey from their country to southern Europe. | |
| Some cases of illegal Libyan migration were documented last year, but they usually involved sturdier boats that were carrying few people. |