{"id":1291,"date":"2018-01-12T03:25:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T03:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2018-01-12T03:25:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T03:25:52","slug":"scores-feared-dead-and-up-to-100-missing-after-boat-sinks-off-libyas-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2018\/01\/12\/scores-feared-dead-and-up-to-100-missing-after-boat-sinks-off-libyas-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Scores feared dead and up to 100 missing after boat sinks off Libya’s coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Survivors from a boat that foundered off Libya<\/a>\u2019s coast on Tuesday said about 50 people who had embarked with them were feared dead, while the coastguard said the number of missing might be as high as 100.<\/p>\n

Libyan coastguard vessels picked up nearly 300 migrants from three boats off the coast of the North African country on Tuesday, but one rubber boat was punctured and the coastguard only found 16 survivors clinging to its wreckage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found the migrant boat at about 10 o\u2019clock this morning. It had sunk and we found 16 migrants. The rest were all missing and, unfortunately, we didn\u2019t find any bodies or [other] survivors,\u201d said Nasr al-Qamoudi, a coastguard commander.<\/p>\n