article_snippet.sent: Up to 950 people are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya on Saturday, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
article_snippet.sent: Up to 950 people are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya Libya on Saturday, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees .
article_snippet.sent: The death toll from capsizing disasters stands at 1,727 so far this year - 30 times higher than the 56 fatalities by April 21 Last year, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
article_snippet.sent: Around 1,300 people are believed to have drowned in the past two weeks while trying to reach Europe in make-shift boats launched by people smugglers from Libya – with up to 950 perishing off the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend alone .
article_snippet.sent: Two alleged people smugglers, including one believed to have been the captain of the ship which was wrecked at the weekend, have been detained by Italian authorities, according to reports.
article_snippet.sent: It has been claimed the boat capsized after accidentally colliding with another ship which came to It aid.
highlights_snippet.sent: Up to 950 refugees drowned trying to reach Italy on Saturday .
  