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2021-04-22

In a sea of ​​corpses...

Location: Libya, Libyan Sar northeast of Tripoli


The shipwreck yesterday in the Libyan Sar area off Tripoli. Sos Mediterranee: "There were 130 people on board the dinghy". Looking for another boat with 40 people. The IOM: "They could have been saved". The migrants who had phoned asking for help 48 hours earlier said they were 130 on board that dinghy. The Ocean Viking is continuing the search, for other bodies, for possible survivors but also for another boat with 40 migrants who has been missing since Wednesday and who, at this point, could have met the same tragic end given that the weather conditions are still very bad with six meters high waves. While the second dinghy was intercepted by the Libyans and brought back.

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