MSF: Up to 900 Migrants Feared Dead in 3 Mediterranean Shipwrecks
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(updated 17:20 29.05.2016)
Up to 900 migrants may have died in three shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea this week, the Doctors Without Borders (Medicines Sans Frontiers, or MSF) international humanitarian group said Sunday.MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The aid group noted that the exact numbers aren't yet known.
Around 900 #people may have died in the #CentralMediterranean in the last week alone. #Europe,this is unbearable. pic.twitter.com/j73FsSsO99
— MSF Sea (@MSF_Sea) May 29, 2016
Nearly 100 migrants were said to have gone missing on Wednesday after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya, then 550 migrants disappeared when a boat overturned the next day, while 45 bodies were recovered in Friday’s shipwreck.
Italian officials estimated that over 13,000 migrants have been rescued this week.
We see many victims of violence and torture among the #people we rescue on our boats. Europe provide #Safepassage pic.twitter.com/grqz1xQb0I
— MSF Sea (@MSF_Sea) May 29, 2016
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