The hospital on the tiny European island of Malta took 24 corpses into its mortuary on Monday after a boat carrying at least 650 people capsized off the Libyan coast.
A boat carrying migrants to Europe capsized off the Libyan coast on Sunday and left at least 650 estimated dead, the Italian Prime Minister said. It was the worst in a string of shipwrecks this year, as tens of thousands of people attempt the crossing.
Migrants wait to disembark in a harbor in Sicily, Italy, on Monday.
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Only 24 corpses have so far been recovered, the Guardian reported on Monday. They were taken to a mortuary in a hospital on the tiny island of Malta. Here's where Malta is:
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