A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsizes off Libyan coast, leaving 1 dead and 22 missing

Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say a boat carrying Europe-bound migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving one person dead and 22 missing. The coast guard in the eastern Libyan town of Tobruk said Tuesday the boat was carrying 32 migrants and that nine have been rescued. Survivors are being taken to a port in Tobruk, the coast guard said. The shipwreck was the latest sea tragedy off the North African nation which has in recent years emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.