At least 35 refugees, including seven children, were feared drowned after their inflatable boat sank on Saturday off the Libyan coast.
Eighty-five refugees, including 18 women, were rescued after clinging to the boat with the help of fishermen who alerted the Libyan coastguard, said Issa al-Zarrouk, a coastguard official in Garabulli, 60 kilometres east of Tripoli.
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