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Tue 03 Mar 2009More than 300 migrants feared drowned off Libya
Some 300 Africans including women and children are feared to have drowned after their boats capsized off Libya, part of a new upsurge of illegal migration to Europe, officials said today.
At least 23 bodies were recovered by Libyan coastguards near the wreckage of three rickety boats which sailed from near Tripoli, Libya's Oeadaily said, quoting security officials. A similar number were rescued, officials said.
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