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An Egyptian mother reacts beside the body of her son who was on a boat carrying migrants which capsized off Egypt's coast, in Al-Beheira, Egypt, September 22, 2016.

At least 162 bodies recovered from Egypt migrant shipwreck

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Fewer migrants are attempting the crossing, but fatality rates have risen, with 2016 on track to be “the deadliest year on record in the Mediterranean Sea,” the UN says.

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