At least 17 bodies of undocumented migrants have washed ashore in Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Wednesday.
The Red Crescent said in a statement that the bodies were found near the coastal city of Zawiya and were handed over to local authorities for burial.
- More than 1,100 migrants have died or are presumed to have died in numerous boat accidents and shipwrecks off Libya this year - the statement said.
Libya has been in turmoil since 2011 when a popular uprising toppled strongman Muammar Gaddafi.
The war-torn country has become a crucial departure point for irregular migrants trying to get to Europe to flee poverty and conflicts within their home countries.