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Ship rescues 51 migrants, 10 dead on board boat

Bodies found in flooded lower deck says German NGO RESQSHIP

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 17 - The ship Nadir operate by the German migrant rescue NGO RESQSHIP on Monday rescued 51 people on board a wooden boat in difficulty off Libya and south of Lampedusa, finding 10 dead bodies in its flooded lower deck.
    The migrant rescue charity said on X: "#Nadir is currently caring for 51 people on board. The rescue came too late for 10 people.
    "A total of 61 people were on the wooden boat, which was full of water. Our crew was able to evacuate 51 people, two of whom were unconscious - they had to be cut free with an axe." (ANSA).
   

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