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Distress Call From Sinking Migrant Boat In Med

A distress call from a migrant boat sinking in the Mediterranean Sea with 300 people on board has been made to authorities in Rome. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said the caller reported 20 people had been killed as the boat - one of two floating near each other - sank in international waters. Joel Millman, a spokesman for the IOM Rome office, said: "The caller said that there are over 300 people on his boat and it is already sinking. Colleague Federico Soda said the organisation had contacted the coast guard with the coordinates for the vessels, but said "they do not have the assets to conduct these rescues right now".

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