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Scores dead after rubber boat sinks off Libyan coast
The Independent
|February 10, 2026
Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, are feared dead after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said yesterday.
Two Nigerian women were rescued after the vessel overturned north of Zuwara, Libya, in the early hours of Friday morning.
One survivor said they had lost their husband, while the other reported losing her two babies when the boat sank.
The boat, which was carrying migrants and refugees from African countries, departed from al-Zawiya, Libya, at around 11pm on Thursday 5 February. It capsized around six hours later after taking on water.
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