21 Libyan Migrants Feared Drowned in Bid to Reach Italian Shores
At least 21 Libyan migrants who were trying to make the dangerous Mediterranean Sea journey to Italy late last week are missing and feared drowned. The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday that they were part of a large group who had set off from Libya aboard a wooden boat and a rubber dinghy and had to be rescued at sea. Survivors said there was a panic on one of the vessels and people fell overboard, but the details of what happened were unclear. The Libyan Coast Guard returned some to Libya while a Cypriot commercial ship picked up others. They …