Migrants Die en Route to Italy

World | August 9, 2004, Monday // 00:00

At least 26 African migrants died trying to reach Italy in an overcrowded boat. More than 70 survivors were rescued by a freighter off the coast of Sicily. The migrants said they had been in the open sea for nine days, but a quarter of those on board died on the way, and the survivors threw their bodies overboard. The Italian authorities believe the boat began its journey in Libya. Those on board were mainly from Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast.

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