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June 24, 2024

Dozens of Asylum Seekers Feared Dead in Mediterranean Shipwreck
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The Italian coast guard said Friday it recovered another 14 bodies of
asylum seekers from a shipwreck earlier last week, bringing the
confirmed death toll to 34. Dozens more are missing and feared dead. The
boat had departed from Turkey with roughly 75 people from Iran, Syria
and Iraq. Eleven passengers survived. The U.N. says an average of five
people per day have died this year while attempting to cross the
Mediterranean, as aid groups warn deaths will continue due to Europe's
harsh crackdown on migrants.


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