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December 12, 2024

11-Year-Old Girl from Sierra Leone Appears to Be Lone Survivor of Refugee Shipwreck That Killed 40+
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In Italy, rescue workers pulled an 11-year-old girl out of the
Mediterranean after she survived three days at sea clinging to a pair of
inner tubes following a shipwreck. The child, who is from Sierra Leone,
is believed to be the only survivor from the ship, which had been
carrying some 44 asylum seekers to Europe.


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