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Up to 200 Refugees May Have Drowned in Mediterranean over Weekend

HeadlineMay 09, 2017

In Libya, the bodies of several refugees, including one infant, have washed up onto the shore, as hundreds more are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean over the weekend. This is a spokesperson from the United Nations High Commission on Refugees.

Medea Savary: “We’re still trying to get more information from the people that will disembark over the coming day to see if there are survivors of this incident, but this tragically brings the total number of people dead and missing since the beginning of the year to more than 1,150.”

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