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“We are dying, please”

Mohanned Jammo, a Syrian doctor on board a ship 61 miles off Lampedusa, was asking the Italian Coast Guard for help. “We are dying, please”, he said. Then the ship capsized. Español Português

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Migrants and refugees on a boat approaching the Greek island of Kos. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire/PA Images. 22 February 2017. All rights reserved.

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