Rome: A two-year-old toddler was dead, while at least eight people remained missiing and 42 others rescued after a migrant ship capsized off Italy’s Lampedusa island, local media reported.
The boat carrying over 50 migrants set off from the port city of Sfax in Tunisia, reports Xinhua news agency.
Some people on board were able to swim to shore, while others were rescued by the Coast Guard and local fishermen.
Among those missing were two little children.
The boat was carrying migrants from the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau and Mali, according to local reports.
On Monday, 11 boats carrying over 800 people landed in Lampedusa, whose accommodation centre has a capacity of little above 400.
A vessel with 576 people on board autonomously reached
(IANS)
