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At least 94 people have died after a boat capsized and caught fire off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard said Thursday. At least 151 people were rescued.

Up to 500 people were thought to have been on board, including people from Somalia, Eritrea and Ghana, the coast guard said. The boat is believed to have launched from Libya.

Lampedusa, a tiny island near Sicily, has become a destination for tens of thousands of refugees seeking to enter Europe. Ref. CNN

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Scores die in migrant boat fire off Italy

More than 100 people have drowned and over 200 are unaccounted for after a boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Ref. Source 6

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Four die as boat capsizes off Florida coast

Four women died and 10 other people were taken into custody after a boat with more than a dozen people aboard - including Haitian and Jamaican nationals - capsized in the waters off South Florida. Ref. Source 6

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Two held over North Sea ferry fire

Two men arrested after fire broke out on North Sea ferry, which led to six people being airlifted to hospital Ref. BBC

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Hundreds drown in South Sudan ferry sinking:

At least 200 people on an overloaded ferry drown in the White Nile river trying to flee the fighting. Ref. Source 8