The bodies of 34 migrants, who drowned trying to reach European shores, have been found in the last five days on the coast of Libyaas announced today by the Red Crescent.

earlier today, the Tunisian coast guard also announced that it had found 31 bodies of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, in a state of advanced decomposition, washed up on the country’s beaches.

Dozens of migrants are missing after the boats they were on sank in recent weeks.

“For the second day in a row, after we were alerted to the wreck of a boat with migrants near the coast of Sambrata (western Libya), 11 bodies were recovered and handed over to the authorities of the city (…) bringing the total death toll to 34,” the Libyan Red Crescent reported in her Facebook post.

As of last Wednesday, six had been identified corpses on the beach of Sambrata, while on Sunday another 17 were found. This city is about 70 kilometers west of Tripoli. Photos posted on Facebook show Red Crescent volunteers putting the bodies into black bags and transferring them to ambulances.

“An inflatable boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized a short distance off the coast of Sambrata on Wednesday,” a security source told AFP, expecting the death toll to rise. “In such accidents, the chances of survival are zero (…) mainly because there was no call for help,” he added.

The non-governmental organization Alarm Phone, a collective of volunteers that runs a hotline for migrants in danger, said on Wednesday it had received a call from people on board an inflatable boat sinking off Libya. On board this vessel were approx 100 Immigrants. The NGO says it tried to contact “the self-proclaimed Libyan coastguard, in vain”.