According to UN and aid agencies, over 120 migrants, believed to have been from Sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal, Mali and Benin were on the boat when it started taking in water on Wednesday. Over 40 people including women and children drowned and nearly 90 were rescued.
The survivors were picked up hours later by a passing merchant ship and brought to Sicily on an German military vessel operating in the area.
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