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  13 Aug 2025, 19:45

At least 20 dead in shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa: UN refugee agency

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ROME, Aug 13, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - At least 20 migrants died after a boat 
overturned in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, with many more still missing, 
the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) said.

"Deep anguish for the umpteenth shipwreck off the coast of Lampedusa, where 
UNHCR is now assisting the survivors. It looks to be 20 bodies found and as 
many missing," wrote the agency's spokesman, Filippo Ungaro, on social media.