At least 15 migrant bodies wash ashore in eastern Libya, sources say

Since the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, Libya has become a transit route for migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe via dangerous routes across the desert and over the Mediterranean.

The bodies of at least 15 migrants including a girl have washed ashore along Libya’s ​eastern Mediterranean coast over the past week ‌after their boat was believed to have capsized, security, navy and medical sources told Reuters on Saturday.