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Search for Bodies Near Italy Called Off

The death toll has risen to around 232 afer a boat estimated to have carried more that 500 undocumented migrants sank near the Italian island of Lampedusa.

  • Africa:   Lampedusa - A Graveyard of Dreams

    Premium Times, 10 October 2013

    It has happened yet again. A fishing boat carrying an estimated 500 migrants mainly from Somalia and Eritrea sank off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy. So far, Italian divers have… Read more »

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A boat carrying sub-Saharan African migrant workers arrives in Lampedusa from Tripoli (file photo).

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