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{{Short description|Migrant shipwreck in Libya}}
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[[File:Libyan coast I.jpg|thumb|200px|Libyan coastland.]]
On 15 [[September 2014]], a ship sank off the [[Libya]] coast with up to 250 [[migrants]] on board. More than 200 people are believed to have [[drowned]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/11096089/More-than-200-feared-dead-after-migrant-boat-sinks-off-Libyan-coast.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | title = More than 200 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast | date = 15 September 2014 | accessdate = 15 September 2014}}</ref> 36 people have been rescued and were taken to a [[hospital]].<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/world/up-to-700-feared-dead-in-mediterranean-shipwrecks-20140915-10hdjs.html Up to 700 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks]</ref>
On 15 September 2014, a ship sank off the [[Libya]] coast with up to 250 [[refugee]]s on board. More than 200 people are believed to have [[drowned]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/11096089/More-than-200-feared-dead-after-migrant-boat-sinks-off-Libyan-coast.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | title = More than 200 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast | date = 15 September 2014 | accessdate = 15 September 2014}}</ref> 36 people have been rescued and were taken to a hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Up to 700 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks |date=15 September 2014 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206204827/https://www.smh.com.au/world/up-to-700-feared-dead-in-mediterranean-shipwrecks-20140915-10hdjs.html |archive-date=6 December 2021 |url-status=live |url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/up-to-700-feared-dead-in-mediterranean-shipwrecks-20140915-10hdjs.html}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[2015 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck]]
* [[Timeline of the European migrant crisis]]
* [[Ghost boat investigation]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Disasters of the illegal immigration to Italy]]
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Latest revision as of 05:53, 30 August 2023

Libyan coastland.

On 15 September 2014, a ship sank off the Libya coast with up to 250 refugees on board. More than 200 people are believed to have drowned.[1] 36 people have been rescued and were taken to a hospital.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "More than 200 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast". The Daily Telegraph. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Up to 700 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021.