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]]> Rescue teams are looking for survivors after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized and sank off the Egyptian port city of Rosetta.

At least 10 bodies have been recovered and 150 people rescued.

The  rescue operation off the Mediterranean city of Rosetta is in full swing at this hour.

Police officers says search teams are looking for survivors.

The incident comes months after the head of the EU’s border agency warned that growing numbers of Europe-bound migrants were turning to Egypt as a departure point for the perilous journey.

Smugglers often overload the boats, some of them scarcely seaworthy, with passengers who have paid for the journey.

More than 10 000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean to Europe since 2014.

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