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At least four Bangladeshi nationals were among those killed after two boats carrying a total of 95 irregular migrants capsized off the coastal city of Al Khums, the Libyan Red Crescent reported on Saturday (November 15). According to a statement posted by the Red Crescent on Facebook, the first vessel was carrying 26 migrants from Bangladesh. Four of them lost their lives when the boat overturned in rough waters. A second boat, carrying 69 migrants—including two Egyptians and dozens of Sudanese nationals—also capsized. Libya boat disaster: 50 Sudanese refugees killed at sea The Red Crescent did not provide details on the condition or fate of those on board the second vessel. Rescue teams continued operations along the Al Khums coastline as authorities worked to assess the full scale of the tragedy. The incident adds to a rising number of perilous attempts by migrants to cross the Mediterranean in hopes of reaching Europe. Read more: Boat carrying hundreds of Myanmar migrants capsizes near Malaysia Source: Agencies

Tunisia navy has rescued 49 undocumented Bangladeshi migrants from the Mediterranean Sea. The Bangladesh nationals boarded the oil platform "Didon" Thursday after their boat broke down 80km off the coastal town of Zarzis, close to the Libyan border, according to Tunis Afrique Presse. The migrants, aged between 16 and 50, were heading towards Europe and had set sail from the Libyan coast on July 5, the Tunisian defence ministry said.  Also read: Bangladeshi migrants among 43 missing as boat sinks off Tunisia "The Bangladesh nationals were transferred to the El Ktef seaport in Ben Guerdane city where they will be handed over to National Guard," it added. Several migrant boats sank recently while trying to reach Europe as more people are now trying to make the dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean Sea to the continent amid warmer summer weather. Also read: 20 migrants dead off Tunisia after boat sinks, more missing Between June 26 and July 3, Tunisian naval authorities fished out 49 bodies of migrants and saved 78 after four boats sank off the coast of Sfax city. On July 3, at least 43 migrants, including Bangladeshis, went missing while 84 were rescued after a boat heading towards Europe drowned off the coast of Tunisia.

A commercial ship has rescued 35 Europe-bound migrants off Libya's Mediterranean coast and returned them to the capital, Tripoli, the U.N. migration agency said.

Rome, Oct 13 (AP/UNB) — Humanitarian groups say they have rescued 74 migrants on a rubber boat in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya while Tunisian authorities reported blocking a smuggling boat carrying 110 migrants from setting off for Italy.