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Table: Migrant Deaths, boats originating in Libya

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  Total for  2014   3187                                
                                       
  Date Location Dead Note News Source 2nd Source                          
                                       
                                       
                                       
  December 5, 2014 Mediterranean 18 76 rescured, 18 died from dehydration and hypothermia https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2014/12/05/18-migrants-from-libya-found-dead_2f10b77e-2aa8-4c1e-b643-3779352b2645.html                          
  November 6, 2014 Tripoli 3 Three bodies recovered in Gergaresh http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/45954/ http://www.libya-al-mostakbal.org/news/clicked/57532                          
  October 6, 2014 Zuwarah 100 100 reported missing, 30 bodies already recovered https://www.agi.it/estero/notizie/libia_autorita_locali_barcone_affondato_piu_di_100_dispersi-201410062254-est-rt10260 http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/world/middleeast/libya-dozens-of-people-missing-at-sea.html?_r=1&referrer= http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/06/us-libya-security-idUSKCN0HV1QZ20141006?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
  October 3, 2014 Tajoura 100 Between 90 and 130 reported http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/1st-leadnew-mass-migrant-deaths-reported-on-lampedusa-shipwreck-anniversaryby-alvise-armellini-and-daniel-rademacher-dpa_357964.html                    
  October 2, 2014 Guarabouli 10   http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2014/10/02/news/naufragio_libia_lampedusa-97156444/ http://mobile.lepoint.fr/monde/libye-10-morts-et-des-dizaines-de-migrants-disparus-dans-un-naufrage-02-10-2014-1868771_24.php http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/40148/                
  September 27, 2014 Tripoli 4 bodies recovered on beach http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/39228/                            
  September 21, 2014 Mediterranean 30   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2764336/Ship-saves-55-migrants-Libya-die.html http://www.skynewsarabia.com/web/article/689878/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B7%D9%85-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9
  September 15, 2014 Mediterranean 8   http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/37073/                            
  September 14, 2014 Tajoura 225   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/14/us-libya-boat-idUSKBN0H90XK20140914 http://www.skynewsarabia.com/web/article/688190/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%82-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%94%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/15/us-europe-migrants-boat-idUSKBN0HA1MV20140915      
  September 10, 2014 Near Malta 500 Boat originated in Libya http://news.yahoo.com/dozens-migrants-missing-boat-sinks-off-libya-coast-084607224.html http://www.skynewsarabia.com/web/article/688409/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%94%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%81%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%82-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7 http://www.libya-al-mostakbal.org/news/clicked/57697              
  September 10, 2014 Tripoli 14 Red Crescent buries bodies http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/mobile/article?articleid=36033                            
  September 4, 2014 Guarabouli 224 250 bodies buried on 9/4 from bodies recovered "in first days of September". We have removed the 26 counted since 8/30 in the same area http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/34975/                            
  September 2, 2014 Tripoli 11 bodies recovered http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/34561/                            
  August 30, 2014 Guarabouli 15 Inflatible damaged
Libyan coast guard estimate 100
15 bodies recovered		 http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/34254/ http://m.news24.com/news24/Africa/News/Libya-finds-15-migrants-bodies-near-boat-20140831                  
  August 29, 2014 Ben Guerdane 36 News reports between 15 and 42 bodies recovered in Ben Guerdane from boat originating in Libya
Tunisian gov says 36.
These may be from the incident on 8/22		 http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/08/31/tunisian-coastguard-finds-42-bodies-from-libyan-wreck/#axzz3C4uzZPfR http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/30/us-tunisia-migrants-idUSKBN0GU0SB20140830 https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/africa/2014/08/30/naufragio-libia-41-corpi-in-tunisia_9f1555e4-ac09-4d6a-8e4f-c2e4444becc9.html
  August 27, 2014 Guarabouli   Body recovery on 8/27/14, may be double count from below estimates http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/33580/                            
  August 27, 2014 Mediterranean 905 UNHCR estimate of 1889 minus the sum of numbers below. http://www.unhcr.org/53fc58969.html http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/33426/                          
  August 27, 2014 Mediterranean 100 300 since Aug22 estimated by UNHCR, 200 below http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/26/us-italy-migrants-idUSKBN0GQ1BE20140826 http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/33426/                          
  August 22, 2014 Guarabouli 200 15 bodies recovered
News reports between 170 and 250		 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/11052910/Migrant-boat-carrying-250-including-a-baby-capsizes-off-Libya.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/23/us-libya-boat-idUSKBN0GN09P20140823 http://mobile.lepoint.fr/monde/libye-170-migrants-portes-disparus-en-mer-22-08-2014-1855881_24.php http://news.yahoo.com/170-migrants-feared-lost-sea-off-libya-175427861.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/24/us-libya-migrants-idUSKBN0GO0H920140824    
  July 30, 2014 Kohms 150   http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/07/30/major-refugee-tragedy-off-coast/                            
  July 29, 2014 Tripoli 100   http://www.libya-al-mostakbal.org/news/clicked/53485 http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20140730/mueren-mas-20-inmigrantes-costa-libia-camino-lampedusa/984141.shtml                
  July 28, 2014 Mediterranean 150   http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/29054/                            
  July 25, 2014 Mediterranean 180   http://m.voanews.com/a/scores-of-migrants-murdered-on-smuggler-boat/1965217.html http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/29128/                          
  July 20, 2014 Mediterranean 19   http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/400-migrants-rescued-19-dead-30444180.html                          
  July 11, 2014 Tripoli 3   http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/26744/                            
  July 9, 2014 Tajoura 12   http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/26409/ http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/07/12/12-decomposing-bodies-found-on-tajoura-beach/                    
  July 1, 2014 Mediterranean 30   http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/01/dead-libyan-migrants-boat-italian-police-interviewing                          
  May 11, 2014 Mediterranean 40   http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/11/dozens-of-migrantsdrownofflibya.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/world/middleeast/europe-bound-migrants-killed-when-boat-capsizes-off-libya.html