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<French #217> Thirty migrants missing after shipwreck off Libya - le 12 mars 2023

   Today's article is about the missing of migrants after shipwreck off LIbya from "France 24" dated March 12, 2023.

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French Original

Une trentaine de migrants portés disparus après un naufrage au large de la Libye

 

(photo) Des navires de sauvetage venant en aide à des migrants, au large de la Libye, en mer Méditerranée, le 23 septembre 2018. (Photo d'illustration) 

 

Quelque 30 migrants sont portés disparus après un naufrage au large de la Libye, pendant la tentative de sauvetage par un bateau cargo naviguant dans la zone, ont annoncé dimanche les garde-côtes italiens. 

 

English Translation

Thirty migrants missing after shipwreck off Libya

 

(photo) Rescue ships coming to the aid of migrants, off the coast of Libya, in the Mediterranean Sea, September 23, 2018. (Illustration photo)

 

Some 30 migrants are missing after a shipwreck off the coast of Libya during a rescue attempt by a cargo boat sailing in the area, the Italian coastguard announced on Sunday.

 

Words & Phrases

<G>

garde-côtes: coastguards

<L>

au large de: off

<N>

naufrage: wreck

naviguant (naviguer): navigating (navigate)

navires > navire: ship

<P>

pendant: during

<Q>

quelque: some

<S>

sauvetage: rescue

sont portés disparus > etre portés disparu: to be reported missing

<T>

tentative: attempt

trentaine: about thirty

<V>

venant (venir): coming (come)