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Four migrants dead, 10 missing off Libyan coast: UN

By AFP
March 02, 2026
A group of migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, in Gravelines, near Calais, France, September 27, 2025.—Reuters
A group of migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, in Gravelines, near Calais, France, September 27, 2025.—Reuters

Tripoli: Four migrants have died at sea and 10 are missing after an incident involving a boat off the coast of Tobruk, in eastern Libya, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced Sunday.

“31 were on board. 17 survived. Others are still missing,” UNHCR said on Facebook, without giving further details about their nationalities.

“People risk the sea when war leaves them no safe way out... Expand safe and legal pathways,” it added.