(ANSAmed) - Cairo, June 3 - The bodies of 117 drowned
migrants including 70 women and five children have been
recovered since Thursday on beaches in western Libya, the
spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, Mohamed Misrati, told
ANSA Friday. Operations are continuing to recover more bodies.
"The nu,ber of bodies found so far is 117, including 70 women
and five children, all African," the spokesman said on the
phone. "The bodies started to emerge at Zuara, in western Libya
near the border with Tunisia, at nine in the morning on
Thursday," said Misrati. "Operations to recover the bodies
continued until 23:00 and the Red Crescent started again this
morning," he said. There has been a surge in migrant departures
from Libya recently due to good weather and the recent closure
of the Balkan Route.
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