Three babies dead, 100 missing in latest shipwreck off Libya

AL-HMIDIYA, LIBYA (AFP) - Three babies died off the coast of Libya on Friday (June 29) while 100 people remained missing in the latest Mediterranean migrant shipwreck as European leaders reached a hard-fought deal to tackle the issue.
Around 120 migrants were aboard the inflatable craft when it ran into trouble, according to survivors taken to Al-Hmidiya, east of the capital Tripoli.
Just 16 were rescued, while the missing included two babies and three children under the age of 12.

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