Some of the migrants who were brought to safety on the Italian island of Lampedusa at the weekend say they witnessed a boat carrying between 500-600 people foundering off the Libyan coast late last week and bodies being washed ashore.
News of a growing number of boat tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea are coming to light as desperate migrants seek to escape the conflict in Libya.
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