Migrant’s body found on dinghy by LÉ Róisín crew

Italian authorities are expected to carry out a postmortem on the body of a man found on an inflatable boat carrying hundreds of migrants who were picked up by the Naval Service.

Migrant’s body found on dinghy by LÉ Róisín crew
Tue, 31 May, 2016 - 01:00
Sean O’Riordan

LÉ Róisín crewmembers found the dead man when they boarded a 12m-long dinghy packed with 123 migrants on Saturday.

The craft was boarded 28 nautical miles north-west of Tripoli.

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