Boat transporting irregular migrants at EU level capsizes
At least one person died and 22 others were reported missing after a boat carrying irregular migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, Libyan authorities said.
The coast guard in the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk said the boat was carrying 32 migrants and that nine had been rescued. Survivors are taken to a port in Tobruk, the coast guard says.
In recent years, the North African nation has emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in…