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11-Year-Old Girl from Sierra Leone Appears to Be Lone Survivor of Refugee Shipwreck That Killed 40+

HeadlineDec 12, 2024

In Italy, rescue workers pulled an 11-year-old girl out of the Mediterranean after she survived three days at sea clinging to a pair of inner tubes following a shipwreck. The child, who is from Sierra Leone, is believed to be the only survivor from the ship, which had been carrying some 44 asylum seekers to Europe.

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