Italy's coastguard says it has recovered two bodies and rescued 57 people off the southern island of Lampedusa, amid reports that more than 30 people are missing following two shipwrecks
Located about 145 kilometres from the Tunisian coast, the southern Italian island of Lampedusa is one of the main entry points for refugees crossing the Mediterranean. / Photo: Reuters Archive
The Ansa news agency, citing survivors' accounts, reported on Sunday that two boats that had set off from the port of Sfax, a hotspot for Tunisia's migration crisis, had sunk on Saturday on their way to Europe. A coastguard spokesperson said he could only confirm the number of survivors and the recovery of two bodies.
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