At least four dead as two migrant boats capsize off Libya's coast, Red Crescent says


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  • Sunday, 16 Nov 2025

A Red Crescent worker looks on as he stands near rescued migrants, after two boats carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coastal city of Al Khums causing multiple casualties, in a location given as Khums, Libya, November 15, 2025. LIBYAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY IN KHUMS/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -At least four people were killed when two boats carrying 95 irregular migrants capsized off the Libyan coastal city of Al Khums on Thursday, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Saturday.

The first boat was carrying 26 migrants from Bangladesh, four of whom died, the Red Crescent said in a statement on its verified Facebook page.

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