A lot of dead bodies, at least 65, have been found in a big hole in Libya, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The IOM said they don’t know how they died or where they were from, but they think they died while being taken through the desert to the Mediterranean.
The United Nations organization said it was very surprised by the discovery.
Libya is looking into it, the IOM said.
The tomb was discovered in the southwest part of Libya.
A person from IOM said that every time a migrant goes missing or dies, it makes their family very sad and they want to know what happened to them. It is a very sad and tragic situation.
Not doing enough has led to more people dying and migrants suffering in terrible situations.
The group said the sad event showed that we need to work together to stop people from being smuggled and to find legal ways for them to come to our country.
Libya is one of the main places where people leave from to try to cross the Mediterranean Sea and get to Europe.
The IOM in Geneva wants Libyan authorities and other UN agencies to make sure that the bodies are treated with respect and transferred in a dignified way.
A lot of people died when the boat they were on had problems in the sea. Now, a lot of their bodies have been found in a big hole in the ground. This happened after about 60 people, who were trying to get to Europe from Libya, died.
The IOM recently announced that 2023 was the worst year for migrants in the past ten years, with more than 8,565 people dying while trying to migrate to different places around the world.
The United Nations agency helps people in Libya who are in need. They said the number of people they helped increased by 20% from the previous year.
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