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MANILA, PHILIPPINES — AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE DIED AND 31 OTHERS WERE RESCUED WHEN THREE FERRY BOATS SEPARATELY CAPSIZED IN BAD WEATHER SATURDAY BETWEEN TWO CENTRAL PHILIPPINE ISLAND PROVINCES, THE COAST GUARD SAID.
ACCORDING TO LATE REPORTS, AT 0300 HRS LOCAL TIME, A MALAYSIAN MARITIME ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (MMEA) PATROL SIGHTED TWO WOODEN BOATS, BOTH NAMED LIMA SORE, SECURED TO A TANKER THAT WAS ANCHORED APPROXIMATELY 2.9 NM SOUTH OF TELUK RAMUNIA, PENGERANG. THE PATROL FOUND FOUR PERPETRATORS WHO ATTEMPTED TO STEAL ITEMS, INCLUDING SCRAP METAL, FROM THE TANKER. ALL FOUR PERPETRATORS WERE ARRESTED. HOWEVER, TWO OF THEM SUBSEQUENTLY ESCAPED BY JUMPING OVERBOARD WHEN ONE OF THE MMEA PATROL BOATS BROKE DOWN ON THE WAY BACK TO THE MARITIME BASE IN TANJUNG PENGELIH. THE TWO SUSPECTS WHO HAD ESCAPED WERE LATER ARRESTED IN PULAU BATAM, INDONESIA, BY INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES.
RESCUED MIGRANTS REST ON A COAST SOME 100 KILOMETERS (60 MILES) EAST OF TRIPOLI, LIBYA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019. THE U.N. REFUGEE AGENCY AND THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SAY UP TO 150 MAY HAVE PERISHED AT SEA OFF THE COAST OF LIBYA. THE COUNTRY"S COAST GUARD SAYS THE EUROPE-BOUND MIGRANTS ARE MISSING AND FEARED DROWNED AFTER THE BOATS THEY WERE TRAVELING ON CAPSIZED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. A SPOKESMAN SAYS THEY RESCUED AROUND 137 MIGRANTS ON THURSDAY.
IN BANGLADESH, AT LEAST 29 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE LAST WEEK, INCLUDING 18 WHO WERE HIT BY LIGHTNING AND SEVEN WHO DROWNED AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED IN CHOPPY WATERS IN THE BAY OF BENGAL.
ON 21 JULY, THE REMAINS OF A MAN WERE FOUND IN A CANAL LOCATED IN A RANCH IN MAVERICK COUNTY, TEXAS. AFTER CROSSING THE US-MEXICO BORDER, MIGRANTS OFTEN ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT BORDER PATROL INTERIOR CHECKPOINTS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE NORTHWARDS. IT IS DURING THESE TREKS THROUGH HEAVY BRUSH THAT MANY MIGRANT DEATHS OCCUR. THE REMAINS OF FOUR PEOPLE WERE RECOVERED FROM PRIVATE RANCHES LOCATED AROUND A UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT IN FALFURRIAS AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY. IOM ESTIMATES THAT AT LEAST 213 PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON THE US-MEXICO BORDER IN 2019.
15:16 PHILIPPINES: AT LEAST 7 DEAD, 31 RESCUED AFTER BOATS CAPSIZE

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