Tripoli: 85 bodies of the migrants were found washed up on the bank of Libya, a major departure point for the sea crossing to Europe, the Red Crescent said on Monday.

Many volunteers have uncovered dozens of dead bodies of migrants on an advance stage of decomposition on beaches near the capital, a spokesman Mohamed al-Misrati said on Tuesday.The volunteers found 75 bodies around Tripoli and another 10 in Sabratah, 70 kilometers to the west, he added.
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Not just this but the Libyan coastguard said it had rescued 212 migrants from two overloaded rubber dinghies off the Libyan coast.
“We were informed of the presence of two large zodiacs off the coast of Garabulli” 60 kilometres east of Tripoli, a coastguard officer told AFP.
The spokesman added, 22 women were among the rescued migrants, who were from different nationalities including many Senegalese and Sudanese.
About 515,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean this year alone, with up to 3,000 people dead or reported missing in that period, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees.

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