The bodies of 13 migrants, including two teenagers, who died of suffocation in a shipping container bound for Europe have been found in Libya. Aid officials said today that 56 survivors were rescued. <br/><br/>The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), citing the Libyan Red Crescent, said on its website that the African migrants had been trapped for "four days" in the metal container.'<br/>'<br/>A Red Crescent spokesman in Libya said that the migrants were found early Tuesday in the coastal town of Khoms, east of the Libyan capital Tripoli. They were from different African nationalities. '<br/>'<br/>People smugglers have taken advantage of the chaos gripping Libya since its 2011 revolution that toppled and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi to boost their lucrative trade.<br/>'<br/>Most departures take place from the west of Libya, usually heading for Italy 300 kilometres away across the Mediterranean.'
News On AIR | February 23, 2017 11:11 PM
13 Europe-bound migrants suffocate in Libya container