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At least 20 migrants drown off coast of Libya - witness

Published 16/04/2017, 10:46
© Reuters. Migrants awaiting rescue on a rubber dinghy are seen from the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship Phoenix in the central Mediterranean in international waters off the coast of Sabratha in Libya

ROME (Reuters) - At least 20 migrants trying to reach Europe drowned on Sunday in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, a Reuters photographer said.

© Reuters. Migrants awaiting rescue on a rubber dinghy are seen from the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship Phoenix in the central Mediterranean in international waters off the coast of Sabratha in Libya

Photographer Darrin Zammit Lupi, who is aboard the rescue ship Phoenix, said he saw 20 bodies while a dinghy was being helped by the crew of the ship, run by the Malta-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS).

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