Migrants drown as Libya boat sinks

At least 14 people died and 200 were rescued when a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank between Libya and southern Italy, navy officials say.

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Habari Zinazoendana

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23 Jul

Dozens of migrants 'drown off Libya'

Up to 40 African migrants are feared to have drowned when their boat sank off Libya's coast, survivors tell UN and aid agencies.

 

10 years ago

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Scores of migrants 'drown off Libya'

Scores of migrants, mostly from Africa, are feared to have drowned after a boat sinks off the coast of Libya, officials say.

 

9 years ago

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15 Aug

Migrants 'suffocate' in boat off Libya

More than 40 migrants have died in the Mediterranean but many were saved, as an overcrowded boat was intercepted off Libya, the Italian navy says.

 

10 years ago

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Yemen migrant boat sinks killing 70

A boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sinks off Yemen's western coast, killing 70 people, Yemeni officials say.

 

10 years ago

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Migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast

Dozens of people are thought to have drowned after a boat loaded with at least 170 migrants sank off the coast of Libya.

 

10 years ago

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'Dozens die' as migrant boat sinks

Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat sank south of Sicily, the Save the Children aid group says.

 

10 years ago

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Migrants die in Mediterranean boat

Seventeen migrants have died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean in a small inflatable boat, the Italian navy says.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Boat migrants thankful to be alive

BBC Arabic's Nawal Assad reports from the Don Bosco Oasis Hotel in Sicily, where migrants from African countries have been speaking about their hopes for a new life in Italy.

 

11 years ago

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Migrants die in Yemen boat sinking

Forty-two African migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to officials.

 

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