700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

April 19, 2015 15:17

Up to 700 people are feared to have drowned when a fishing boat capsized off Libya, in what could prove to be the worst disaster yet involving migrants being smuggled to Europe across the Mediterranean.

Only 28 people survived the capsize, UNHCR spokeswoman Carlotta Sami told the Skytg24 news channel in Italy on Sunday. The survivors indicated there had been more than 700 on board, she said.

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