Probable death toll in migrant boat sinking raised to 64

As many as 64 people are feared dead after a smugglers' rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, according to the UN's migration agency.

Probable death toll in migrant boat sinking raised to 64

As many as 64 people are feared dead after a smugglers' rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, according to the UN's migration agency.

Hours after the boat started sinking on Saturday due to a puncture, the Italian coast guard rescued 86 people and retrieved the bodies of eight dead women.

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