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| About 100 people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said, after 27 survivors were rescued from the boat. | About 100 people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said, after 27 survivors were rescued from the boat. |
| “The 27 men now on board the Argos were on board a boat carrying 130 people. They are the only survivors. This tragedy is just unbearable,” MSF said in a tweet. Along with the 27 survivors the Bourbon Argos ship also recovered seven bodies. | “The 27 men now on board the Argos were on board a boat carrying 130 people. They are the only survivors. This tragedy is just unbearable,” MSF said in a tweet. Along with the 27 survivors the Bourbon Argos ship also recovered seven bodies. |
| The 27 men now on board the #Argos were on board a boat carrying 130 #people. They are the only survivors. This tragedy is just unbareable. pic.twitter.com/vWLaGoUCzt | The 27 men now on board the #Argos were on board a boat carrying 130 #people. They are the only survivors. This tragedy is just unbareable. pic.twitter.com/vWLaGoUCzt |
| Departures from Libya are continuing unabated despite worsening weather in the Mediterranean, and more than 3,200 people have been rescued from crowded and unseaworthy dinghies since Saturday. | Departures from Libya are continuing unabated despite worsening weather in the Mediterranean, and more than 3,200 people have been rescued from crowded and unseaworthy dinghies since Saturday. |
| The latest tragedy raises the death toll from migrant boats sinking to more than 340 people this week. | The latest tragedy raises the death toll from migrant boats sinking to more than 340 people this week. |
| The Malta-based charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), which deploys two rescue boats in the area, said on Wednesday that the true toll was probably much higher “as it is highly likely that many boats sink without ever being reported”. | |
| More than 167,000 people have been brought to safety in Italy since the start of the year, according to the interior ministry. | More than 167,000 people have been brought to safety in Italy since the start of the year, according to the interior ministry. |
| The figure has already passed the 153,000 number recorded in 2015 and is closing in on the 170,000 figure recorded in 2014. | The figure has already passed the 153,000 number recorded in 2015 and is closing in on the 170,000 figure recorded in 2014. |