Lebanon's navy and UN peacekeepers rescue migrants from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean Sea.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleTwo migrants have died and more than 200 rescued from a boat that began sinking in the Mediterranean Sea hours after leaving from northern Lebanon.
It said the vessel was carrying people "who were trying to illegally leave Lebanon's territorial waters". Lebanese security forces have been working to prevent migrants from heading to Europe at a time when the small nation is in the grips of the worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history.
At least 94 people were killed, among them at least 24 children. Twenty people survived and some remain missing.
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