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Article: Writethru: UNHCR says 21 refugees feared dead in Sudan river crossing
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- September 24, 2008
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Writethru: UNHCR says 21 refugees feared dead in Sudan river
crossing
NAIROBI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said
on Wednesday that 21 refugees are feared to have been drowned on
Tuesday night when their overloaded boat capsized in the Atbara
River, near the Shagarab refugee camp in eastern Sudan. The bodies
have yet to be recovered.
UNHCR said in a statement issued in Nairobi that local
administration and security officials, along with UNHCR and its
Sudanese government counterpart, COR, rushed to the scene.
According to eyewitnesses, the refugees were part of a larger
group that tried to cross the river in four boats.
"One of four boats meant to carry 15 passengers ...