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According to the International Organization for Migration in Rome, a distress call from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean carrying more than 300 people was received this morning.
"The caller said that there are over 300 people on his boat and it is already sinking (and) he has already reported fatalities, 20 at least," Spokesman of IOM Joel Millman said in a statement.
There were a few Nigerians in the boat that capsized in the Mediterranean
sea early yesterday April 19th claiming the lives of about 700 people. The illegal migrants drowned while on their
way from Libya to Italy.
With yesterday's accident, it means that at least 1,500
migrants have died so far in 2015 while on route to Europe - and some of them are Nigerians.
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