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February 12, 2015

U.N.: Over 300 Migrants Die at Sea Fleeing Libya 
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The United Nations says more than 300 people died at sea this week after
attempting to flee Africa by boat. The migrants left from Libya on
Saturday in a bid to reach Italy. A spokesperson for the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees announced their deaths.

Carlotta Sami: "This morning at 7:30, nine survivors arrived to
Lampedusa. They confirmed what other survivors previously said, that
there were 203 people with them that have disappeared. They have been
swallowed by the sea. But in addition to that, they confirmed that there
was a fourth, a fourth dinghy, so we do not know about the fate of
another hundred of people."