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Migrant boat capsizes, 21 missing

Accident happened in Italian waters Monday say survivors

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 4 - Some 21 migrants are missing after their boat capsized in Italian waters on Monday, survivors told rescuers Wednesday..
    Coast Guard soldiers rescued seven Syrians.
    The survivors said they had set off in 28 from Libya on 1 September and after a day's sailing the accident occurred.
    The survivors lost their mobile phones.
    Missing - according to the accounts of the seven Syrians - were as many as 21 people, including three children.
    The refugees were disembarked at Favarolo pier in Lampedusa and already transferred to the island's hotspot in Contrada Imbriacola. (ANSA).
   

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