Up to 700 people were feared drowned on 19th April, after an overcrowded boat smuggling them to Europe capsized off Libya in the latest and deadliest in a long list of migrant disasters in the Mediterranean. Italy’s coastguard, which was coordinating the search for survivors and bodies, said only 28 people had survived a wreck that triggered fresh calls from Pope Francis and others for European leaders to act over what many see as an avoidable loss of life.
OVER 700 MIGRANTS FEARED DEAD IN MEDITERRANEAN BOAT ACCIDENT
