Death toll of drowned migrants crosses 200
China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-02 07:50
Migrant survivors leave a rescue vessel upon arriving at the port of Tripoli, Libya, in this photo taken on Sunday and made available yesterday. AP |
Libya has called off efforts to retrieve bodies of over 200 illegal migrants who drowned when their overcrowded boat capsized last week in stormy waters of the Mediterranean as they set off for a better life in Europe.
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