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VIDEO: Hundreds of migrants lost at sea

A one year-old baby girl is among dozens of migrants to have been rescued after the boat they were i...
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10:59 AM - 6 Aug 2015



VIDEO: Hundreds of migrants lo...

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VIDEO: Hundreds of migrants lost at sea

TodayFM
TodayFM

10:59 AM - 6 Aug 2015



A one year-old baby girl is among dozens of migrants to have been rescued after the boat they were in capsized in the Mediterranean.

It's thought around 600 people were on board when it sank off Libya's coast.

The Irish vessel the LE Niamh which was on site when the boat tipped over - its now on its way to Palermo in Itay with around 400 people on board.

The death toll has yet to be confirmed but at least 25 bodies have been recovered.

Will Turner is emergency coordinator on board the Medicines Sans Frontier ship My Phoenix that assisted in the rescue.

MSF says the tragedy underscores a severe lack of adequate search and rescue operations in the area. The group supplied this video from its vessel the Dignity..

 

 



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