Boat carrying 600 people
capsized near Egypt


Another tragedy.  No safe passage means more people dying in Mediterranean. A tragedy which occurred a few hours after a historical summit on migration by the UN General Assembly

Egyptian authorities claimed that a boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe has capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the city of Alexandria, killing at least 20 people.

Health Ministry official Alaa Osman from Beheira province declared that 155 people have been rescued, but that bodies are still being found in the area. He says the migrants were from several African countries.

Egypt's official news agency MENA said the boat had been carrying 600 people.