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A dinghy carrying 27 Egyptians en route to Italy capsizes off the coast of Libya, killing at least two people and leaving nineteen others missing in the Mediterranean Sea.
2022-08-29

At least 43 migrants die in the Mediterranean Sea during a shipwreck. The boat had departed from Zuwara, Libya, carrying migrants from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh. Eighty-four others were rescued, according to the Red Crescent.
2021-07-3

The Coast Guard of Libya stops nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days, according to the office for migrants of the United Nations.
2020-05-25

The United Nations states that at least 65 people are dead after a boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia while carrying migrants from Libya to Europe.
2019-05-9

The Maltese Navy seizes control of commercial tanker "Elhiblu 1", which was hijacked by migrants off the coast of Libya yesterday. The tanker is now docked in the Maltese capital, Valletta.
2019-03-28

The Italian Coast Guard reports that at least 20 migrants are killed when their 500-passenger boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya's coast. About 1,700 people have been rescued in 15 operations since Tuesday.
2017-05-24

Authorities find at least 28 migrants dead off the coast of Libya in a day of frantic rescues. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20161005-least-28-migrants-dead-off-libya-coastguard?ref=tw_i (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019
2016-10-4

Bodies of 117 people, including 75 women, 36 men and six children, are recovered from a beach near Zuwarah, Libya, possibly from yesterday's capsize in the Mediterranean Sea.
2016-06-3

At least 20 people drown in the southern Mediterranean Sea when a repurposed fishing boat sinks 35 nautical miles north of Zuwara, Libya.
2016-05-26

The bodies of 40 migrants wash ashore on the Libyan coast with another 30 people missing.
2015-10-25