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79 migrants die after boat capsizes off Greece

At least 79 migrants have died and hundreds of others went missing after their overloaded boat capsized on its way to Greece. The incident took place on Wednesday, marking one of Europe’s deadliest shipping disasters in recent years. The vessel is suspected to have been packed with around 750 migrants, …

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Tunisia retrieves bodies of 41 drowned refugees

Morgues and hospitals in the city of Sfax are full, officials say, as the death toll from refugee shipwrecks soars. Tunisian coastguards have retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official has said, raising the number of victims of refugee shipwrecks off the country’s coast to 210 in …

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