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May 5, 2015

Dozens Reported Drowned in New Migrant Disaster 
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The aid group Save the Children has reported dozens of migrants have
drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat sank. More than 1,750
people from Africa and the Middle East have died so far this year trying
to cross the Mediterrean to Europe. Italy says it has rescued thousands
of people in recent days.

 

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