Somalia: Few Survivors Are Found After Crowded Boat Capsizes Off Coast

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Fifty-five people are believed to have drowned after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Somali coast, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Thursday. The agency said five survivors, all young Somali men, told the authorities that the boat was overcrowded and ran into trouble almost immediately after leaving the port of Bosasso in the northern Somali breakaway region of Puntland. It capsized just 15 minutes into its journey, spilling all 60 passengers — Ethiopians and Somalis — into the sea. So far, 23 bodies have been recovered. The 32 remaining passengers are presumed to have drowned.