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UN Says 60 Rohingya Muslims Presumed Dead in Shipwreck

Friday, 29 September 2017 05:37 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says more than 60 people are either confirmed dead or missing and presumed dead following the shipwreck of a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar.

Spokesman Joel Millman of the International Organization for Migration told reporters in Geneva on Friday that 23 deaths have been confirmed, after eight bodies were found overnight following an initial count of 15.

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The U.N. migration agency says more than 60 people are either confirmed dead or missing and presumed dead following the shipwreck of a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar.Spokesman Joel Millman of the International Organization for Migration told reporters in...
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