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The Red Crescent humanitarian body has said it recovered the decomposed bodies of 19 Egyptian migrants. They appear to have been smuggled into Libya but it remained unclear where they were going when they died.
Red Crescent spokesman Khaled al-Raqi said on Sunday that the 19 people had been found in the Jaghboub desert, some 400 km (250 miles) south of the Libyan port city of Tobruk on the Egyptian border.
They appear to have perished due to high temperatures and hunger, Raqi added. It was unclear when they died, although their bodies were in a state of decomposition when they were recovered on Saturday.
Television network Libya Alaan broadcast footage of Red Crescent workers loading the corpses into black body bags.
Seven of the deceased migrants were identified by their papers and identity cards, while the remaining 12 were believed to have also been Egyptian, based on their appearance, Raqi said.
Libya: Bodies of 19 Egyptian Migrants Found in Libyan Desert
And no one knows why they were there, unless to go to Europe.
Red Crescent spokesman Khaled al-Raqi said on Sunday that the 19 people had been found in the Jaghboub desert, some 400 km (250 miles) south of the Libyan port city of Tobruk on the Egyptian border.
They appear to have perished due to high temperatures and hunger, Raqi added. It was unclear when they died, although their bodies were in a state of decomposition when they were recovered on Saturday.
Television network Libya Alaan broadcast footage of Red Crescent workers loading the corpses into black body bags.
Seven of the deceased migrants were identified by their papers and identity cards, while the remaining 12 were believed to have also been Egyptian, based on their appearance, Raqi said.
Libya: Bodies of 19 Egyptian Migrants Found in Libyan Desert
And no one knows why they were there, unless to go to Europe.