The death toll as a result of the sinking of the Lebanese migrant boat rises to 94
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Syrian state television reported a new figure after the shipwreck, where survivors said there were between 120 and 150 people on board
Ambulances traveled from the Arida border point to Libya to return the bodies of some of those killed when a migrant boat sank off the Syrian coast.
Ambulances are crossing the Arida border point to Libya to return the bodies of some of the dead.
Syrian state television The death toll on a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 94. He reported that he had left Lebanon's northern Minyeh region as follows.
On Friday, Syrian Health Minister Mohammad Hassan Ghabbash said at least 94 people had died, but state television said the number had risen to 94 on Saturday.
>The number of people leaving or trying to leave Lebanon by sea nearly doubled between 2020 and 2021, the UN refugee agency told Reuters earlier this month. The figure rose again by more than 70% in 2022.
The increase was fueled by Lebanon's financial collapse, with rising poverty rates among its 6.5 million population.
