Libya's Red Crescent says its rescue workers recovered the bodies of 62 migrants after a wooden boat capsized off Libya
Rescue workers said on Friday they had plucked the bodies of 62 migrants from waters off the Libyan coast a day after one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean this year.
"The bodies are still floating onto the shore continuously, it's not possible to give a total number," he added. The head of the UN refugee agency Filippo Grandi called the wreck "the worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year". Local authorities were gathering and storing bodies of the victims but were facing numerous problems and struggling to find burial places for them, according to municipal source in Khoms."We need safe, legal routes for migrants and refugees. Every migrant searching for a better life deserves safety and dignity," he tweeted.
Osman, a 28-year-old Eritrean, said a passing ship saw that their boat was in distress but took no action.
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