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Libya shipwreck claims 130 lives despite SOS calls, as UN agencies call for urgent action

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 26 Apr 2021, 11:38 pm Print

SOS MÃ©diterranÃ©e/Flavio Gasper At least 130 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead after this inflatable boat capsized off the Libyan Mediterranean coast.

A shipwreck off the Libyan coast has reportedly claimed the lives of 130 people, despite SOS calls for help, the UN migration agency IOM said on Friday.

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