Charity boat rescues 50 migrants off Libya, seven found dead


TUNIS, Aug ⁠17 (Reuters) - The charity rescue ⁠ship, EMERGENCY, rescued 50 ‌migrants from an wooden boat in international waters off Libya ​on Monday, while seven ⁠others were ⁠found dead, the charity said.

Two ⁠people ‌are in critical condition and suffering ⁠from suffocation and needed urgent ​medical ‌evacuation, EMERGENCY said in a ⁠statement ​sent to Reuters, without giving further details.

The survivors ⁠said they had left ​the Libyan coastal town of Zuwara on August 16 ⁠and were from Somalia and Egypt, the charity said.

The group of migrants included ​45 males, ⁠five females and 29 of ​them were ‌unaccompanied minors, it added.

(Reporting ​by Tarek Amara; Editing by Sharon Singleton)

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