A boat ferrying hundreds of illegal immigrants capsized in the Mediterranean.
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Rome, 05.08.2015(Lana) Italian Coast Guard forces said boat
carrying African immigrants capsized in the Mediterranean Wednesday.
Italian Coast Guard spokesman confirmed that the crowded boat
capsized off the Libyan coast as ships approached to rescue it.
Sky news 24 said about 700 immigrants were on board the boat,
and that Italian and Irish navies are struggling to rescue the lives
of immigrants.
According to International Migration Organization (IMO) over 2000
immigrants lost their lives this year so far as they tried to reach
Europe using exhausted boats, compared to 3279 immigrants died last
year.
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