More than 70 missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
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\nAt least 70 people went missing on Saturday after a migrant boat overturned in the Mediterranean, Anadolu Agency reported citing an Italian NGO.<\/p>\n
Mediterranea Saving Humans announced on US social media platform X that 32 survivors and two bodies were recovered from the shipwreck while over 70 went missing.<\/p>\n
According to the source, a wooden vessel carrying about 105 women, men, and children, which had set sail from Tajoura fleeing Libya, capsized in the SAR (search and rescue) zone under Libyan control. <\/p>\n
Survivors disembarked and the bodies recovered arrived early Sunday on Italy’s southern island of Lampedusa.<\/p>\n
Officials confirmed another 70 people are missing at sea.<\/p>\n
“This latest shipwreck is not a tragic accident, but the result of European governments\u2019 policies, which refuse to open safe and legal entry channels,” the NGO added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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