The death toll from Sunday's migrant-boat disaster off the coast of Calabria climbed to 63 on Monday when rescuers recovered the bodies of four more people including a 14-year-old girl.
It is estimated that dozens of people are missing feared dead after a boat thought to have been carrying between 180 and 250 asylum seekers broke up in rough waters off the beach of Steccato di Cutro, near the southern city of Crotone.
Many of the confirmed victims of the disaster are women and children.
Around 80 people survived.
The boat departed from Turkey four days ago.
Many of the people on board were asylum seekers from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Syria.
Three people suspected of being traffickers have been detained by the Italian authorities in relation to the disaster, including at least one Turkish national, sources said.
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