Around 30 people were reported to be
missing early on Sunday after two shipwrecks overnight off the
Italian island of Lampedusa.
The Coast Guard rescued 57 migrants and recovered two bodies,
those of a woman and a child.
International Organization for Migration (IOM) cultural
mediations spoke to the survivors who reported that two boats
had sunk.
The first is said to have had 48 people on board, 45 of whom
were saved with three unaccounted for.
The second was carrying 42 people from Sub-Saharan African, 14
of whom were picked up.
Photo: an archive image of a Coast Guard boat with migrants.
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