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Search continuing in Lampedusa for victims of latest tragedy

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epaselect epa07903598 The coffins with the bodies of migrants boat accident victims lined up on the quay in the port of Lampedusa, Agrigento region, Sicily, Italy, 07 October 2019. Rescuers have identified two other bodies off Lampedusa and are approaching to recover them. So far, two dead migrants have been brought ashore, after the sinking of a small boat with some 50 people on board, 22 of which were recovered. EPA-EFE/PASQUALE CLAUDIO MONTANA LAMPO

Italian authorities are continuing the search for the bodies of the persons that were on-board a boat that capsized earlier this week off the coast of Lampedusa.

According to survivors, there were around and 50 persons on board the vessel of which 22 were saved. Reports indicate that 15 persons are still missing among them eight children.

According to an initial reconstruction of event, when rescue patrol boats arrived to rescue the migrants from the boat, all the migrants moved to one end of the boat, causing it to overturn.

Via ANSA

Lampedusa migrant shipwreck
 A woman looks at coffins in a funeral chamber set up in Lampedusa, southern Italy, 08 October 2019. The Italian Coast Guard and Italian finance police on 07 October 2019 rescued 22 survivors and recovered the bodies of 13 people, all women from West Africa, after a boat carrying about 50 migrants overturned on Sunday night a few miles off the coast of Lampedusa. The search for missing people who have been reported missing resumed on Tuesday. EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO
Migrant boat overturns off Lampedusa, at least 13 dead
 The coffins with the bodies of migrants boat accident victims lined up on the quay in the port of Lampedusa, Agrigento region, Sicily, Italy, 07 October 2019. . EPA-EFE/PASQUALE CLAUDIO MONTANA LAMPO
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