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More than 70 migrants drown after dinghy sinks in Mediterranean

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The dramatic footage, filmed by members of the Open Arms rescue ship captured the harrowing moment a mother lost her child as a packed dinghy began to sink in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. Joseph, the woman's 6-month-old child was later found to have drowned along with another five migrants who lost their lives.
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