Red Crescent: The first boat had 26 Bangladeshis with 4 dead. The second was carrying 69 migrants with an unknown fate
A Red Crescent worker moves a bag after two boats carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coastal town of Al Khums causing multiple casualties, in a location listed as Khums, Libya November 15, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS
At least four people were killed when two boats carrying 95 irregular migrants capsized off the Libyan coastal city of Al Qoms on Thursday, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Saturday.
The first boat carried 26 Bangladeshi migrants, four of whom died, the Red Crescent said in a statement on its verified Facebook page.
The second boat was carrying 69 migrants, including two Egyptians and dozens of Sudanese, the Red Crescent said without specifying their fate.
Khums is a coastal town, about 118 kilometers east of the capital, Tripoli.
On Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration said at least 42 migrants were missing and presumed dead after a rubber boat sank near the Al Buri oil field, an offshore facility north-northwest of the Libyan coast.
Libya has become a transit route for migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe via the Mediterranean since the 2011 fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi during a NATO-backed uprising.
Photos released by the Khums Red Crescent showed a number of bodies in black plastic bags spread out on the floor, while volunteers are seen administering first aid to survivors.
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Other photos show rescued migrants wrapped in thermal blankets sitting on the floor.
The statement added that the Coast Guard and the Khums Port Security Agency participated in the rescue operation. Adding that the bodies were handed over to the competent authorities following the instructions of the city prosecutor’s office.
In mid-October, a group of 61 migrant bodies washed ashore west of the capital Tripoli. In September, IOM said at least 50 people died when a ship carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire off the coast of Libya.
Several nations, including Britain, Spain, Norway and Sierra Leone, urged Libya last week at a UN meeting in Geneva to close detention centers where human rights groups say migrants and refugees have been tortured, abused and sometimes killed.
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