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Fifty migrants feared lost in Mediterranean after boat capsizes; 10 survive

Security sources say at least 50 migrants, including women and children, were feared lost after a wooden boat capsized off eastern Libya, while 10 survivors were rescued.

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Fifty migrants feared lost in Mediterranean after boat capsizes; 10 survive

At least 50 migrants were feared lost at sea after a wooden boat capsized in the Mediterranean off eastern Libya, security sources told Reuters. Ten survivors were rescued near El-Bardaa Island, about 70 km west of Tobruk. The boat was reported to have been carrying around 60 people and set sail early in the morning. The migrants came from different sub-Saharan countries. The survivors were taken to a local hospital, while recent rescue operations elsewhere in Libya have recovered bodies and rescued others

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