Hundreds of migrants drowned off Libya
BBC News reported yesterday that more than 200 migrants are believed to have drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya. The UN refugee agency was told the news by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa, spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said. Twelve bodies have been recovered. More than 4,200 migrants have died making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean this year, International Organization of Migration spokesman Leonard Doyle says. The UN has warned that 2016 could be the deadliest for migrants making the journey. Nearly 330,000 migrants have crossed the sea so far this year, compared with more than one million in 2015. Many of those killed in the latest two incidents are believed to be migrants from West Africa. Ms Sami said a dinghy – which was reportedly carrying about 140 people including six children and about 20 women, some…