Funerals Held in Lebanon’s Tripoli After Migrant Shipwreck, Dozens Still Missing

Funerals Held in Lebanon’s Tripoli After Migrant Shipwreck, Dozens Still Missing
People stand near stretchers that are prepared for dead bodies after a boat capsized off the Lebanese coast of Tripoli overnight, at port of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, on April 24, 2022. Omar Ibrahim/Reuters
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon—The families of migrants who died when their vessel capsized Lebanon’s northern coast held funerals in the port city of Tripoli on Monday while rescue efforts continued to find dozens still missing.

A dinghy carrying Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian migrants sank late on Saturday off the coast near Tripoli when naval forces collided with the vessel as the smuggler tried to evade capture.