Libya authorities uncovered nearly 50 bodies this week from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, officials said Sunday, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the chaos-stricken North African country.

No fewer than 28 bodies of migrants have been discovered next to a detention facility in the desert in southern Libya. The Libyan Attorney General’s Office in a statement on Sunday said a mass grave was discovered in the city of Kufra,

Libya's security authorities have recovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, officials said on Sunday, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to

The Libyan Attorney General’s Office discovered the grave north of the city of Kufra, where dozens of migrants had been detained, according to a statement issued Sunday. Security forces freed 76 migrants from the facility.

Libyan authorities have uncovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in southeastern Libya. The graves, found in Kufra, highlight the continued plight of migrants in this chaotic region. Though not uncommon in Libya,

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday expressed shock and concern at the discovery of two mass graves in Libya with the bodies of dozens of migrants, some with gunshot wounds, the agency said in a statement.

Libyan security authorities recovered 28 migrant bodies from a desert mass grave near Kufra and freed 76 from forced detention. The ongoing migrant crisis, resulting from post-Gaddafi instability, highlights severe human rights abuses.

Security authorities in Libya have recovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves found in the country's southeastern desert, in the latest tragedy involving people trying to reach Europe. A mass grave containing 28 migrants was discovered in Kufra days after 19 bodies were discovered in a mass grave on a farm in the same city.