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Migrant crisis: Europol to investigate Egypt mass drowning

The European policing agency Europol is planning to investigate what is believed to be the biggest loss of a migrant boat in 2016, following a Reuters-BBC Newsnight investigation.

More than 500 people are thought to have died in the sinking on 9 April, but there has been no official inquiry.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38211588

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