By Ebu Bekir Askin
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – At least four people died when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency said Monday.
“A wooden boat capsized yesterday off Surman, #Libya with 20 migrants onboard, according to @unmigration teams,” the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said on Twitter.
“2 people rescued, 4 bodies retrieved, (and) 14 people missing,” the agency added.
It said that at least 475 people have died attempting to cross the central Mediterranean so far this year.