Over 80 migrants missing after boat capsizes off Libyan coast

More than 80 migrants are feared missing after a boat carrying around 120 people capsized in the central Mediterranean, having departed from Tajoura, Libya. The International Organization for Migration reported that harsh weather led to the vessel overturning.

Cairo (Egypt): More than 80 migrants went missing after a boat that departed a Libyan coastal town capsized in the central Mediterranean, the U.N. migration agency said Tuesday.

The bodies of at least two of them have been recovered. About 120 people were on board when the boat departed from the town of Tajoura in northwestern Libya on Sunday.

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The vessel later overturned after taking on water during harsh weather conditions, according to the International Organization for Migration, or IOM.A merchant vessel and a tugboat managed to save 32 people and the Italian coast guard transferred them to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Two bodies were also recovered, authorities said