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Sixteen dead, 28 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast – U.N. agency

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Tunisia’s coastguards retrieve the bodies of 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after their boat capsized, at the port of Sfax in central Tunisia on December 24, 2020. – Five other migrants who were on board were rescued, ministry spokesman Mohamed Zekri said, adding that a search operation was underway. Zekri did not give further details, but said the rescue operation took place off the port of Sfax in central Tunisia. (Photo by HOUSSEM ZOUARI / AFP)

Sixteen would-be migrants have died and another 28 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday.  Read More

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