Interfaith funeral ceremony held for migrants died off the Libyan coast
Published date: 4 December 2016 08:44 GMT
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Last update: 7 years 11 months ago
Asylum seekers living in Malta, arrive to attend an interfaith funeral ceremony of 24 migrants who died after a fishing boat capsized off the Libyan coast
EU Commissioner on Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos (R) attends an interfaith funeral ceremony in a tent on the helipad at Mater Dei Hospital in Malta on 23 April.
A woman cries during the interfaith funeral ceremony of 24 the migrants who died.
Bishop of Gozo, Mario Grech (2ndL), and the Imam Mohammed El Sadi (L) lead the interfaith funeral ceremony of 24 migrants who died.
Coffins of 24 migrants who died are laid as Bishop Mario Grech and Imam Mohammed El Sadi read excerpts of the Bible and the Koran.
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