An Irish military ship has recovered 14 bodies from a small unseaworthy fishing boat carrying more than 500 migrants.
The vessel was found around 80 kilometers north-west of the Libyan capital Tripoli.
The cause of death is as yet unknown but migrants are offen at sea for says and suffer from dehydration and sun exposure.
A ship operated by Medicines Sans Frontieres helped in the rescue and one of its members, Juan Matias Gil, described the challenge facing Europe.
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