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Nine dead as refugee boat sinks off Italian coast
[PRESSTV] At least nine people died when a boat carrying dozens of The coastguard said rescue vessels had picked up 22 people, and search operations for other survivors were underway after an alert was received late on Sunday night that a boat carrying some 50 people was in difficulty. The UN migration agency said the boat had set sail from Tunisia and had been carrying Tunisian and west African Vessels from the coastguard and customs police had reached the vessel, which overturned in rough seas about six nautical miles from the coast of Lampedusa, the coastguard said in a statement. Nine bodies had been recovered, it added. "This highlights once again that urgent action is needed to address the situation in the Mediterranean," said Charlie Yaxley, a spokesperson for the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... ' refugee agency, the UNHCR. Related: Lampedusa: 2019-09-15 New Italy government lets rescued migrants disembark Lampedusa: 2019-08-23 Mediterranean migrant rescue ship running low on food: Doctors Without Borders Lampedusa: 2019-08-22 Migrants on Open Arms ship disembark in Italy after 6 days at sea Related: UNHCR: 2019-10-05 EU commissioner says ‘urgent need’ to prevent migrant departures from Turkey UNHCR: 2019-10-02 Migrant, refugee death toll in Mediterranean tops 1,000 for 6th year: UN UNHCR: 2019-09-30 Dozens of refugees rescued off Greece Posted by: Fred 2019-10-08 |
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