Around 240 migrants drown off Libyan coastline

Around 240 migrants have died off the Libyan coastline after two boats capsized which could be one of the most deadly incidents in the Mediterranean this year.

The news came from survivors who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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