The Save the Children aid group reported that about 40 migrants may have drowned Sunday in the Mediterranean when the rubber dinghy they were on either deflated or exploded as they tried to reach the coast of Italy.
Aid Group: About 40 Migrants Reportedly Drown During Rescue
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People carry the body of a dead migrant from a merchant ship as they arrive in the Sicilian harbor of Catania, southern Italy, May 5, 2015.
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People carry the body of a dead migrant from a merchant ship as they arrive in the Sicilian harbor of Catania, southern Italy, May 5, 2015.
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A migrant is carried on a stretcher after disembarking from the Italian Navy vessel Bettica in the harbor of Salerno, Italy, May 5, 2015.
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Migrants disembark from the Italian navy ship Vega in the Sicilian harbor of Augusta, southern Italy, May 4, 2015.