According to the UN refugee agency, the United Nation Humanitarian Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), up to 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days.
The boats the migrants were travelling on sank south of Italy on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as they tried to reach Europe in unworthy sea vessels, BBC reports.
Spring weather has led to a surge of people attempting the perilous crossing from Africa to Europe.
The route has become a …
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