Aid Group: 400 Migrants Die in Mediterranean Shipwreck

A children's aid group said Tuesday that about 400 migrants had died in a shipwreck while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The Italian office of Save the Children reported the disaster, citing survivors from another migrant boat who were rescued and taken to the city of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy. Save the Children said the shipwreck happened about 24 hours after the boat left the coast of Libya and that "many young boys" were among the victims. No other...

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