IOM says at least 50 dead after vessel carrying Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya

The International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday that at least 50 people had died after a vessel carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya's coast on Sunday. The IOM said it had provided medical support to 24 survivors. Libya has become a transit route for migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe across the Mediterranean since the fall in 2011 of dictator Muammar Gaddafi during a...