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Pregnant Women, Children Among the Victims in Latest Mediterranean Tragedy – UNICEF

An Italian coastguard vessel brings survivors from a capsized boat to the harbour in Lampedusa. (File Photo) Credit: AMSA/UNHCR

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 November 2016 – A number of children and pregnant women were among the 240 people reported to have drowned off the coast of Libya while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea this week, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.

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In a news release, UNICEF’s Helena Rodriguez, a gynaecologist and cultural mediator…

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