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                   Dozens of Migrants Drown Off Libyan Coast

   by VOA News

   At least 36 people drowned and more than 40 missing after a boat
   carrying African migrants capsized off the Libyan coast late last week.
   Twenty-four of the victims' bodies were found Sunday.

   Libyan naval officials say they rescued 52 people of various
   nationalities. A naval spokesman says the bottom of the boat collapsed
   shortly after it left shore causing the vessel to sink.

   Survivors say the boat had about 130 people on board.

   On Saturday, Libya's interior minister cautioned European leaders that
   his country would help migrants reach Europe if the European Union did
   not do more to assist his country in dealing with the problem.

   Many would-be migrants leave from cities along Libya's 1,600 kilometer
   coastline hoping to make their way to Malta or the Italian island of
   Lampedusa.
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