Libya recovers 15 bodies of migrants east of capital Tripoli

Migrants wait to be rescued by the Spanish NGO Open Arms lifeguards during a rescue operation at international waters zone of Libya SAR (Search and Rescue) in the Mediterranean sea, on Sept. 15, 2022. (AP)

• Since an uprising ⁠in ⁠2011, Libya has become a North African transit route for hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty, often in sub-Saharan Africa, with many risking dangerous journeys across ​the ​desert or the Mediterranean

TRIPOLI: ‌The bodies of at least 15 migrants have washed ​ashore in Libya in a coastal city east of the capital, Tripoli-based medics said on Monday.
The Emergency Medicine and Support Center, ‌which operates under ‌the ​health ‌ministry, ⁠said ​the bodies washed ⁠up in Khumas city, some 118 km (73 miles) east of Tripoli.
The center said all the bodies have ⁠been buried.
Pictures were ‌posted ‌by the center ​on its ‌Facebook page showing their ‌medics wearing white hazmat suits carrying bodies in black and white plastic bags and ‌other pictures taken during the burials.
Since an uprising ⁠in ⁠2011, Libya has become a North African transit route for hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty, often in sub-Saharan Africa, with many risking dangerous journeys across ​the ​desert or the Mediterranean.