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.

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

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.

Libya's security authorities recovered at least 28 bodies of migrants from a mass grave in the desert in southeast Libya, the country's attorney general said on its Facebook page on Sunday.

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