Over 50 missing after boat from Libya sinks

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More than 50 people were missing yesterday when their boat sank after leaving Libya heading to Europe, Tunisia’s defence ministry said, with 33 others rescued.

Defence ministry spokesman Mohamed Zikri said the survivors of the shipwreck were picked up after clinging to an oil platform off the southern coast of Tunisia.

“There are 33 survivors, all apparently from Bangladesh,” Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, told AFP. “At least 50 are missing.”