Boat Carrying Hundreds of Illegal Migrants Capsized in the Mediterranean.
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Rome ; 05. 8. 2015 - Lana - Italian Coast Guard said that a boat
carrying migrants from Africa capsized in the Mediterranean on
Wednesday .
Spokesperson for the Coast Guard has confirmed that the
overcrowded boat capsized off Libyan shores when ships approached for
rescue .
Sky News Channel 24 said that about ( 700 ) persons were in the
boat and that Italian and Irish naval ships are struggling to rescue
the survivors.
According to estimates by International Organization for
Migrations more than ( 2000 ) migrants and refugees have died in the
Mediterranean so far this year while they were trying to reach Europe
.
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