Italian coastguard: 10 migrants drowned nearly a 1000 rescued.
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Rome, 04.03.2015(Lana) Italian authorities said on Wednesday that
at least 10 migrants were killed when their inflatable boat capsized
south of the Mediterranean Sea.
Italian coastguard said, in a statement, that one of its boats
rescued 121 individuals when their boat capsized yesterday about 50
miles north of Libya, while ten bodies were recovered, where
commercial boats helped in the rescue operation of seven boats during
the past 24 hours, including 30 child and 50 women.
218 thousand migrants crossed the Mediterranean last year, 3500
people lost their lives, according to UNCR.
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