African migrants rescued from a ship off the coast of Zuwara, about 130 kilometres west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, walk alongside of bodies of others who died, at the dock in the capital's naval base on June 18, 2018. MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP
The bodies of five migrants were recovered while more than 100 were rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Libya on Monday, an officer from the country’s navy told AFP.
Libyan rescuers took three hours to reach the sinking rubber dinghy, officer Rami Ghommeidh said.A survivor said they had been close to an Italian vessel which had refused to save them.
“When we got closer to the Italian rescuers, they wouldn’t rescue us so we waited there” for the Libyan navy, he said.
Panic ensued as the passengers sought to clamber on board the Libyan…
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