Two bodies retrieved by Libyan coastguards off Tripoli coast

Of the remaining people on the boat found by a coast guard patrol some 14 kilometres off the coast Garrabulli town, as many as 73 were rescued, including 8 children.

The search for the missing people was underway.

In recent years, thousands of migrants have lost their lives after undertaking dangerous sea travel on overcrowded rubber boats in a bid to escape the turmoil in their own country.

According to a recent report by the United Nations, more than 90,000 people have been displaced in Libya since April 2019 as a result of the armed conflict between Khalifa Haftar’s forces and UN-backed government forces in Tripoli.