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‘Dead children washed up on Libya beach’
June 1, 2021
Images of dead children and women washed up on a beach in Libya have been shared by a Spanish charity.
The non-governmental organisation (NGO) Proactiva Open Arms received some of the photos from inside Libya and said they are of people who had tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, a dangerous route for migrants.
They show the partially clothed bodies of small children and a woman, bloated and half buried in the sand.
At least 743 migrants are known to have died in the Mediterranean this year.
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“We are in shock,” Open Arms head of communications Laura Lanuza told the BBC.