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May 15, 2025

Two Children Die of Thirst on Stricken Ship Carrying Refugees in Mediterranean
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The German charity Sea-Watch reports two children, aged 3 and 4, died
after a rubber dinghy carrying refugees from Libya to Italy broke down
and was stranded in the Mediterranean. The children died of dehydration.
One other person drowned in the journey, and another 59 passengers
survived.


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