The death toll from the capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of Egypt has risen to 162 on Friday afternoon after Egypt's naval forces retrieved 107 bodies in the past several hours, with the authorities expecting to recover more bodies in the coming hours.
The boat, which capsized on Wednesday, was carrying migrants of a number of nationalities heading to Italy.
Eyewitnesses estimated the boat was carrying around 450 migrants, 300 over an estimated maximum passenger capacity of 150 people.
A total of 164 people have been rescued including the four crew members of the boat, 117 Egyptian migrants and 43 foreign migrants.
There are many children and women among the victims.
According to survivors' testmonies, after the boat sank, they remained in the water for seven hours before being discovered .
[ahram.org.eg]
23/9/16
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The boat, which capsized on Wednesday, was carrying migrants of a number of nationalities heading to Italy.
Eyewitnesses estimated the boat was carrying around 450 migrants, 300 over an estimated maximum passenger capacity of 150 people.
A total of 164 people have been rescued including the four crew members of the boat, 117 Egyptian migrants and 43 foreign migrants.
There are many children and women among the victims.
According to survivors' testmonies, after the boat sank, they remained in the water for seven hours before being discovered .
[ahram.org.eg]
23/9/16
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