More bodies of drowned migrants wash ashore

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An international migration official says more than 200 people are believed dead as more bodies washed ashore in Libya after their overcrowded boat with illegal migrants capsized in stormy Mediterranean waters.

Laurence Hart, an official with the International Organisation for Migration in Libya, says authorities have stopped rescue efforts since chances of finding more survivors are slim.

Hart says several more bodies washed ashore last night near the ancient port city of Sebrata, some 50 mile west of the capital, Tripoli.

The migrants were packed on a wooden fishing boat that capsized Friday off Libya. Only a few survivors were rescued, and 21 bodies were pulled from the sea.

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