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239 migrants die in two shipwrecks off Libya
At least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations migration agency, said on Thursday.
One group of migrants, including about 20 women and six children, set off in a rubber dinghy from Libya around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, but their boat collapsed after a few hours, said Flavio di Giacomo, a spokesman for the U.N.'s International Organisation for Migration, who cited accounts by survivors.
By the time rescuers arrived, most had drowned. Twelve bodies were recovered, including three babies. About 27 survived.
Another two women reported surviving a separate disaster that happened at about the same time. Their rubber dinghy was carrying about 130 people.
The International Organization for Migration said the latest deaths meant 4,220 lives had been lost in the Mediterranean so far this year, compared with 3,777 in the whole of 2015.
October saw a surge in migrant arrivals in Italy, with 27,388 arriving, more than the two previous Octobers combined, and bringing this year's total arrivals to over 158,000, di Giacomo said.
The smugglers who arrange the journeys have told migrants that European training of Libyan coastguards means the rescue missions will soon be handed over to Libya and any rescued migrants will be taken ashore in Libya rather than Italy, di Giacomo said.
That was possibly causing the rush to board boats now, he said, although the information, gleaned from rescued migrants, was not confirmed.
(Reporting by Tom Miles, editing by Larry King)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-casualties-idUSKBN12Y1DF
One group of migrants, including about 20 women and six children, set off in a rubber dinghy from Libya around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, but their boat collapsed after a few hours, said Flavio di Giacomo, a spokesman for the U.N.'s International Organisation for Migration, who cited accounts by survivors.
By the time rescuers arrived, most had drowned. Twelve bodies were recovered, including three babies. About 27 survived.
Another two women reported surviving a separate disaster that happened at about the same time. Their rubber dinghy was carrying about 130 people.
The International Organization for Migration said the latest deaths meant 4,220 lives had been lost in the Mediterranean so far this year, compared with 3,777 in the whole of 2015.
October saw a surge in migrant arrivals in Italy, with 27,388 arriving, more than the two previous Octobers combined, and bringing this year's total arrivals to over 158,000, di Giacomo said.
The smugglers who arrange the journeys have told migrants that European training of Libyan coastguards means the rescue missions will soon be handed over to Libya and any rescued migrants will be taken ashore in Libya rather than Italy, di Giacomo said.
That was possibly causing the rush to board boats now, he said, although the information, gleaned from rescued migrants, was not confirmed.
(Reporting by Tom Miles, editing by Larry King)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-casualties-idUSKBN12Y1DF
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Hundreds feared dead in refugee shipwrecks off Libya
At least 4,220 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year [File: EPA]
As many as 239 people are feared dead in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
Carlota Sami, a spokeswoman for UNHCR's based in Rome, said on Thursday that the information was confirmed by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea.
No bodies have yet been recovered.
Sami said that 31 survivors of two shipwrecks who arrived to Lampedusa on Thursday reported that their boats capsized in heavy seas.
They said 29 people survived the first wreck, and about 120 people had gone missing.
In a separate operation, two women found swimming at sea told rescuers that another 120 people had died in that wreck.
In both cases, most of the people on board appeared to have been from sub-Sahara Africa, but Sami said aid workers were still ascertaining details.
Leonard Doyle, chief spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said the latest wrecks meant that 4,220 lives had now been lost in the Mediterranean so far this year - the highest toll on record.
11.03.2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/hundreds-feared-dead-refugee-shipwrecks-libya-161103130925708.html
Survivors tell UN at least 239 people drowned in two shipwrecks off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea.
At least 4,220 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year [File: EPA]
As many as 239 people are feared dead in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
Carlota Sami, a spokeswoman for UNHCR's based in Rome, said on Thursday that the information was confirmed by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea.
No bodies have yet been recovered.
Sami said that 31 survivors of two shipwrecks who arrived to Lampedusa on Thursday reported that their boats capsized in heavy seas.
They said 29 people survived the first wreck, and about 120 people had gone missing.
In a separate operation, two women found swimming at sea told rescuers that another 120 people had died in that wreck.
In both cases, most of the people on board appeared to have been from sub-Sahara Africa, but Sami said aid workers were still ascertaining details.
Leonard Doyle, chief spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said the latest wrecks meant that 4,220 lives had now been lost in the Mediterranean so far this year - the highest toll on record.
11.03.2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/hundreds-feared-dead-refugee-shipwrecks-libya-161103130925708.html
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