More Bodies Recovered from Italy Boat Wreck

Author:
Al Jazeera
Publisher:
Al Jazeera
Publication Date:
8 October 2013
Tags:
Africa, Migration, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Refugees and Displacement, Human Rights

Rescue crews are still searching for bodies after a boat sank off Italy's southern coast last week. So far 232 have been recovered, all believed to be migrants from Africa. The number of refugees arriving on Lampedusa is growing each year and the island is struggling to cope. Al Jazeera's Claudio Lavanga reports.

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