Dozens of migrants drown off Lampedusa in new boat tragedy

  • 11 years ago
The bodies of dozens of African immigrants have been found after another boat sank near the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Many have been brought ashore. Rescuers say more than 150 have been picked up alive.

But it is thought hundreds more are unaccounted for.

The authorities on Lampedusa believe the migrants are mostly from Somalia and their boat had sailed from Libya.

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