At least ten Libyan migrants die as their boat sinks near Malta

Posted on June 17, 2013 • Filed under: Expatriates Injured, Expatriates Killed, Mediterranean

According to adnkronos.com, At least ten migrants drowned in the southern Mediterranean late on Sunday when their boat got into difficulty and a Tunisian fishing boat allegedly refused to rescue them. Survivors described how they jumped into the sea and tried to cling onto a tuna fishing cage when their eight-metre motorized dinghy broke down off the coast of Malta with over 100 people on board after setting sail from Libya. Read article

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