Some 44 migrants were rescued and
three are missing after a boat sank early Sunday in
international waters south of Italy.
A Tunisian fishing boat, which was a short distance away,
rescued the 44 people including Gambians, Guineans, Malaysians
and Senegalese.
The shipwrecked people were transferred to the patrol boat Cp319
that landed them in Lampedusa.
During the night, a patrol boat of the Guardia di Finanza took
charge of the search for the three migrants who were missing.
The 44 migrants, including a woman, reported that they had left
Sfax in Tunisia on Friday night and had paid 800 euro each for
the crossing.
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