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90 Migrants Feared Drowned Off Libyan Coast

TRAGEDY WITHOUT END

Mostly Pakistanis on smugglers’ capsized boat.

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Ninety people are feared dead after a smuggler’s boat capsized near Libya’s coast early Friday morning, according to the International Organization for Migration. The boat was carrying mostly Pakistani migrants. Two survivors swam to shore, another person was rescued by a fishing boat—so far only 10 bodies have washed ashore following the disaster.

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