(VOVworld) - The Libyan Red Cross said on Sunday that the bodies of 133 refugees have washed up on Libya’s western coast in recent days.

Refugees bodies found on Libya’s coast (source: VNA)

Red Cross spokesman Al-Khalis al-Bosaifi said three-quarters of the dead refugees were women, adding that the bodies were found on the shore of the northwestern city of Zuwara. Bosaifi said no documents were found with the bodies to identify their nationalities, but they were mainly sub-Saharan Africans. Recently, the number of emigrants to Europe decreased measurably after the Balkan countries closed their borders to halt migrant flows.