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At least 60 migrants have died in the Mediterranean

At least 60 migrants have died after a rubber dinghy capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, according to survivors.

The BBC reports 25 survivors were picked up by the Ocean Viking, a vessel operated by the humanitarian group SOS Méditerranée.

They told their rescuers that they had set off from Zawiya on the Libyan coast seven days before being rescued.

Famagusta Gazette