Eight bodies found in Libya, Greece as the toll in the Mediterranean rises

"The bodies in Libya were found on Saturday by residents of the coastal town of Qasr al-Akhyar, according to a police officer. list of 4 itemsend of list Hassan Al-Ghawil, head of investigations at the Qasr Al-Akhyar police station, told the Reuters news agency that the bodies were all of dark-skinned people. Two of them were women. He said people in the area had reported seeing a child's body wash ashore before the waves returned it to sea."

"The Athens News Agency reported on Saturday that authorities had recovered three bodies and rescued at least 20 people after a wooden boat carrying migrants and asylum seekers capsized off the coast of Crete. Most of the survivors were Egyptians and Sudanese people, the agency reported. They also included four minors. According to the Greek public broadcaster ERT, the wooden boat capsized when passengers were trying to climb up the ladders during a rescue effort involving a commercial ship."

Police in Libya recovered five asylum seekers' bodies that washed ashore near Tripoli, found on Saturday by residents of the coastal town of Qasr al-Akhyar. The bodies were described as dark-skinned; two were women. Residents reported seeing a child's body wash ashore before waves returned it to sea. Authorities notified the Red Crescent to recover the bodies and said the remains appeared intact, with expectations that more bodies could wash ashore. Weeks earlier, a rubber boat capsizing off Zuwara left about fifty-three migrants, including two babies, dead or missing. In a separate incident off Crete, a wooden boat capsized; three bodies were recovered and at least 20 people were rescued, including four minors and mostly Egyptians and Sudanese. Search and rescue operations continued with patrol boats, aircraft, and Frontex vessels.

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