A rubber dinghy packed with 91 migrants that set out from Libyan shores in hopes of reaching Europe has apparently gone missing in the Mediterranean, the UN refugee agency said Thursday.
The inflatable boat carrying mostly African migrants departed from al-Qarbouli, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of the capital Tripoli on February 8, said Osman Haroun, whose cousin was on board.
He hasn't heard from the 27-year-old Mohamed Idris, or his 10 other friends also on the boat, since.
"It's the first time I've heard of this happening," Haroun told The Associated Press by phone from the western coastal district of Zawiya, where he has lived with his family since fleeing the conflict-ridden Darfur region of Sudan in 2016.
"Those who set out you usually hear from within a few hours ... no one has even seen the boat's remains."
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