The number of migrants who died in the shipwreck of the last few hours between the Lebanese and Syrian coasts rises to 81 dead, mostly women and children.
This was reported by the National Observatory for Human Rights in Syria, according to which the number of missing people is still high and the number of victims is increasing by the hour.
It is estimated that 150 people, mostly families made up of women, children and adolescents, were crammed into the wrecked boat off the Syrian city of Tartus.
The missing could be dozens
.
The first discovery of 15 bodies took place yesterday afternoon off the coast of Tartus, in Syria, not far from the border with Lebanon.
The boat came from the north of Lebanon.
