Published: 17 Sep. 2025, 14:29

A Sudanese refugee who arrived to Libya a year ago after fleeing conflict in Sudan, plays in front of the UNHCR office in Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 7 in this photo unrelated to the story. [AP/YONHAP]

A Sudanese refugee who arrived to Libya a year ago after fleeing conflict in Sudan, plays in front of the UNHCR office in Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 7 in this photo unrelated to the story. [AP/YONHAP]

 
The International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday that at least 50 people had died after a vessel carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya’s coast on Sunday.
 
The IOM said it had provided medical support to 24 survivors.
 
Libya has become a transit route for migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe across the Mediterranean since the fall in 2011 of dictator Muammar Qaddafi during a NATO-backed uprising.
 
As of February 2025, around 867,055 migrants from 44 nationalities were residing in Libya, according to IOM data.
 
 

 

Reuters