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January 21, 2021

43 Refugees Killed in Shipwreck Off Libyan Coast in First Major Mediterranean Disaster of 2021
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At least 43 refugees were killed in a shipwreck off Libya's coast
Tuesday. The deaths mark the first known tragedy of 2021 in the
Mediterranean Sea, where over 20,000 have drowned since 2014, according
to the U.N. Ten survivors were brought back to land, including migrants
from Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia. The U.N. says the journey
by sea from Libya to Europe is the most dangerous migration route in the
world, and one in six people who attempt it has died.


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