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UNHCR expresses shock over 213 drowning in Italy
Updated: 2011-04-07 10:07
(Xinhua)
UNITED NATIONS - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and American actress Angelina Jolie expressed "deep shock" over reports of the drowning of 213 people off the southern coast of Italy, a UN spokesperson said here Wednesday.
The spokesperson said the Italian Coastguard rescued 47 people, including two women, one of them pregnant.
Since protests spread across North Africa and the Middle East in recent months, many people, particularly people fleeing unrest in Tunisia and Libya have taken boats to try to reach Europe.
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