Six-month-old Joseph, from Guinea, was among more than 100 migrants in capsized dinghy

A six-month-old boy who survived a shipwreck has died onboard a rescue boat in the central Mediterranean.

The child, named Joseph and originally from Guinea, was saved by rescuers from the Spanish non-governmental organisation Open Arms late on Wednesday morning after the dinghy in which he was travelling with more than 100 migrants capsized off Libya’s coast. At least five other asylum seekers died as a result of the incident.

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