Illegal Migrants Drown as Boat Capsizes
From Times Wire Reports
Rescue ships recovered six bodies of immigrants off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa after a boat bringing dozens of illegal migrants to Italy capsized, officials said.
Tunisian ships and the Italian coast guard participated in the rescue operation about 38 nautical miles south of the island.
Illegal immigration to Italy has surged recently, with more than 1,000 people landing on the southern coast in the last week and nearly 3,000 so far in June, most from Central and North Africa.
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