Egypt recovers more than 100 bodies from migrant boat

September 23, 2016 18:42

The number dead in a migrant boat disaster off Egypt's coast climbed above 100 on Friday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the Mediterranean.

Survivors have said up to 450 migrants were on board the fishing vessel that was heading to Italy from Egypt when it keeled over off the port of Rosetta on Wednesday. The military said it had rescued 163 survivors.

A health ministry official, Adel Khalifa, said 53 more bodies had been retrieved on Friday, raising the number of dead to at least 108.

More than 300,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year from various points of departure, the UN said this week. In the first nine months of 2015, that figure was 520,000.

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