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Boat with 400 Ethiopia and Somalia Migrants Capsized

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016TesfaNews45 Comments

By TesfaNews, More than 400 migrants and refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia are feared to have drowned in the Egyptian shores after the boat they were being transferred to by traffickers capsized in the Mediterranean, survivors say. Somali media reports say that rescue workers have only managed to save 41 of the 500 or so […]

Up to 700 African Migrants Feared Dead Near Libya

April 19, 2015April 20, 2015TesfaNews85 Comments

Last week, 400 migrants were presumed dead in the sinking of another ship near the Libyan coast. By Reuters, UP to 700 African migrants were feared dead on Sunday when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya overnight, the Times of Malta reported. Twenty eight people were rescued in the incident, which happened in […]