More than 700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean sinkings. Source: AAP
The United Nations refugee agency fears at least 700 people have drowned over the past few days in a series of shipwrecks off the Libyan coast. The UNHCR believes as many as 15,000 asylum-seekers and migrants have tried to make the perilous central Mediterranean crossing in a week. More on this story by Themi Kallos and Odysseas Kripotos.
The United Nations refugee agency fears at least 700 people have drowned over the past few days in a series of shipwrecks off the Libyan coast. The UNHCR believes as many as 15,000 asylum-seekers and migrants have tried to make the perilous central Mediterranean crossing in a week. More on this story by Themi Kallos and Odysseas Kripotos.
