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Bodies found in Gibraltar Strait
North Africa, Local, 7/28/1998
Bodies of five illegal immigrants, reportedly North Africans, were found on Sunday floating in the Gibraltar Strait after their small boat capsized.
According to the Spanish private television station "Tele Cinco," the boat capsizing was reported by radio by the crew of a ship that was sailing near the Spanish southern city of Tarifa.
According to humanitarian organizations, more than 1,000 persons have perished in the Gibraltar Strait since 1988, as they are trying to enter Spain illegally on board small boats.
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