Migrant death toll rises

DEADLY TRIP: Police inspect a parked truck, centre left, in which up to 70 migrants were found dead, on a motorway near Parndorf, Austria Reuters
DEADLY TRIP: Police inspect a parked truck, centre left, in which up to 70 migrants were found dead, on a motorway near Parndorf, Austria Reuters
About 200 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia died when their overcrowded boat sank off the Libyan coast, while Austrian authorities yesterday raised to 70 the number of refugees found dead in the back of an abandoned freezer truck.
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