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Packed Migrant Boat Capsizes in Mediterranean Sea Off Libyan Coast, 30 Dead

© REUTERS / Marina Militare/Handout via REUTERSMigrants are seen on a capsizing boat before a rescue operation by Italian navy ships "Bettica" and "Bergamini" off the coast of Libya in this handout picture released by the Italian Marina Militare on May 25, 2016
Migrants are seen on a capsizing boat before a rescue operation by Italian navy ships Bettica and Bergamini off the coast of Libya in this handout picture released by the Italian Marina Militare on May 25, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Around 30 people died after a boat carrying over 100 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, just some 35 nautical miles off the Libyan Coast, media reported Thursday.

A file photo showing the Libyan coast guard pull a boat carrying illegal African migrants, rescued as they were trying to reach Europe, at a naval base near the capital Tripoli on September 29, 2015. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) According to the Italian il Giornale newspaper, two aircraft, provided by Luxembourg and Spain arrived at the scene shortly after the accident, followed by two Italian maritime border patrol vessels. The two aircraft were reportedly deployed as part of the European Union's Sophia anti-migrant operation.

Over 80 people were saved by the crews participating in the operation, the paper reported.

The Operation Sophia was launched in June 2015 in response to the migration crisis in Europe as hundreds of thousands of refugees fled from the Middle East and Northern Africa to EU countries. Human traffickers and terrorist organizations have reportedly been capitalizing on people's desperation to reach the bloc.

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