The UN refugee agency United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees Halu(UNHCR) said on Wednesday that as many as 500 people may have lost their lives when a large ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea at an unknown location between Libya and Italy this weekend.
UNHCR said that this could be one of the worst tragedies involving refugees and migrants in the last 12 months. The information was based on interviews with a group of survivors, including 37 men, three women and a three-year-old child. Those rescued include 23 Somalis, 11 Ethiopians, 6 Egyptians and a Sudanese, UNHCR said.
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UNHCR said that this could be one of the worst tragedies involving refugees and migrants in the last 12 months. The information was based on interviews with a group of survivors, including 37 men, three women and a three-year-old child. Those rescued include 23 Somalis, 11 Ethiopians, 6 Egyptians and a Sudanese, UNHCR said.
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