(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) The latest migrant shipwreck off the Italian island of
Lampedusa has claimed 203 lives, dpa quoted the United Nations Refugee Agency
(UNHCR) as saying Wednesday.
The death toll is based on the accounts of nine survivors who arrived
on Italian shores on Wednesday, Carlotta Sami, a spokeswoman for
UNHCR in Italy, told dpa.
The migrants had been travelling on two dinghies with no water or
food, Sami said. The vessels, whose motors were not powerful enough
to face high waves, started taking in water, she added.
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