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Two babies among the dead in latest Mediterranean migrant boat tragedy off coast of Libya

The U.N. refugee agency says the vessel shipwrecked off the Libyan coast was carrying 27 people

AT least seven people are dead, including three children, after a small wooden boat carrying migrants across the Mediterranean capsized.

The U.N. refugee agency says the vessel shipwrecked off the Libyan coast was carrying 27 people, reportedly mainly Syrian refugees.

Migrants, mostly from Nigeria, crowd onto a dinghy as they sail fleeing Libya
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Migrants, mostly from Nigeria, crowd onto a dinghy as they sail fleeing LibyaCredit: AP:Associated Press

A Spanish aid group recovered five bodies, including two Syrian girls aged just 8 months and 5 years, during the rescue Thursday.

UNHCR representative Medea Savary said that survivors arriving in the Sicilian port of Trapani on Saturday reported that a woman and another child also died, but the bodies couldn't be recovered.

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Survivors of the tragedy described their horror as the boat began taking on water a few hours after leaving Libya, and eventually overturned.

The Migrant Offshore Aid Station, MOAS, brought the five bodies to Trapani, along with 304 people rescued in recent days.

A woman from Nigeria comforts a child on the Astral vessel after been rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO
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A woman from Nigeria comforts a child on the Astral vessel after been rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGOCredit: AP:Associated Press
A Nigerian mother and child are rescued in the Mediterranean sea, about 17 miles north of Sabratah, Libya
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A Nigerian mother and child are rescued in the Mediterranean sea, about 17 miles north of Sabratah, LibyaCredit: AP:Associated Press
Children from Nigeria sleep on the Astral vessel after being pulled from a sinking ship in the Mediterranean
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Children from Nigeria sleep on the Astral vessel after being pulled from a sinking ship in the MediterraneanCredit: AP:Associated Press
Migrants from Nigeria crowd onto a dinghy fleeing Libya as news comes of another tragedy in the Med
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Migrants from Nigeria crowd onto a dinghy fleeing Libya as news comes of another tragedy in the MedCredit: AP:Associated Press
The Italian Red Cross provided medical treatment to migrants as they arrived in in the country
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The Italian Red Cross provided medical treatment to migrants as they arrived in in the countryCredit: ANSA / ITALIAN RED CROSS
Thousands have crammed themselves on to boats in a desperate bid to reach Europe
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Thousands have crammed themselves on to boats in a desperate bid to reach EuropeCredit: AP:Associated Press
An aid worker appears to carry a small body covered in a white sheet as they rescue migrants from the Mediterranean
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An aid worker appears to carry a small body covered in a white sheet as they rescue migrants from the MediterraneanCredit: ANSA / ITALIAN RED CROSS

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