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60 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean crossing

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A Tunisian national coast guard helps a migran child to get off a rescue boat in Jbeniana, Safx, Tunisia April 23, 2022. [Reuters]

At least 60 people are feared to have died at sea and 25 others were rescued, the European migrant rescue organization SOS Mediterranee said on Thursday.

SOS Mediterranee said the boat departed from Zawiya, Libya, seven days before being rescued by the organization's Ocean Viking ship. The refugee's boat's engine failed three days after its departure, leaving the vessel adrift for days without fresh water or food.

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