### [2016-09-23](/feed/2016/09/23/index.md)

##### 2016 Egypt migrant shipwreck
# The death toll increases to at least 148 with another 240 believed to still be missing. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/140-bodies-recovered-egypt-refugee-shipwreck-160923135015543.html)

### Related:

1. [A migrant boat carrying some 600 passengers capsizes off the coast of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, killing at least 52 people, with hundreds more missing. ](/feed/2016/09/21/a-migrant-boat-carrying-some-600-passengers-capsizes-off-the-coast-of-kafr-el-sheikh-governorate-egypt-killing-at-leas.md) _Context: 2016 Egypt migrant shipwreck_