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800 dead after Sunday's Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: UN

Published: 21 Apr 2015 - 12:09 pm | Last Updated: 14 Jan 2022 - 08:36 pm


Catania, Italy--The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya on Sunday after speaking to survivors of the disaster.
"We can say that 800 are dead," said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Italy.

AFP