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Rescued people board the Bourbon Argos ship during a rescue operation coordinated by MSF (Medecins Sans Frontiers) in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. (Borja Ruiz Rodriguez/MSF via AP)
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Migrants who were rescued from a boat that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea are pictured in Al-Beheira, Egypt, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Death Toll in Migrant Shipwreck off Egypt Rises to 202
Thirty-three bodies were found on Tuesday as a wreck of boat that sank off Egypt last week with hundreds of migrants aboard was recovered from the depths, raising the confirmed death toll to 202, a local official said. The boat sank off the Mediterranean coast on...Caption:
Egyptian coast guard and rescue workers bring ashore bodies recovered from a Europe-bound boat that capsized off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, in Rosetta, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Eman Helal)
More than 130 bodies Recovered after Egypt Boat Tragedy
At least 133 bodies had been pulled out of the waters off the Egyptian coast on Friday, three days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized. The migrants’ boat capsized on Wednesday, nearly 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from the Nile Delta port city of...Caption:
Migrants stand on board of Italian Navy ship Chimera before to be disembarked in the southern harbor of Salerno April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
IOM: More than 3,000 Migrants Lost in Med in 7 Months
Geneva-The International Organization for Migration has said that more than 3,000 migrants died in the Mediterranean this year while an estimated 249,854 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through July 24, arriving mostly in Italy and Greece....Caption:
In this photo taken in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan coast, Friday, May 27, 2016 rescuers help migrants to board the Italian Navy ship Vega, after the boat they were aboard sunk. The Italian navy says it has saved 135 migrants from a sinking boat and recovered 45 bodies in the Mediterranean. (Raffaele Martino/Marina Militare via AP Photo)