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Migrant crisis: 'Hundreds dead' in shipwrecks off Libya
Last edited Thu Nov 3, 2016, 11:12 AM - Edit history (1)
Source: BBC
Original headline: 'Hundreds dead' in migrant shipwrecks
Migrant crisis: 'Hundreds dead' in shipwrecks off Libya
3 November 2016 Africa
About 240 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say.
The UN refugee agency was told the news by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa, spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said.
No bodies have so far been recovered.
More than 4,200 migrants have died making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea this year, International Organization of Migration spokesman Leonard Doyle says.
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3 November 2016 Africa
About 240 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say.
The UN refugee agency was told the news by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa, spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said.
No bodies have so far been recovered.
More than 4,200 migrants have died making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea this year, International Organization of Migration spokesman Leonard Doyle says.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37861700
EDIT: Article updated at link.