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8 Bangladeshi migrants drown in Mediterranean Sea

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 21, 2024, at 06:14 am

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Dhaka: At least eight Bangladeshi nationals are among those who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 14, the Bangladeshi government said on Tuesday.

Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed in a statement the identities of the Bangladeshis who died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, embarking on an unauthorised voyage from Libya to Europe on Feb. 13.

A boat, with 53 people on board, set sail from the Libyan coast and capsized off the Tunisian coast in the early hours of Feb. 14.

(With UNI/XINHUA inputs)

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