At Least 26 Migrants Drown Off Italian Island of Lampedusa
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DPA International on MSNUNHCR: At least 20 dead in boat accident off Italy's Lampedusa
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that several migrants died in a boat accident off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. Filippo Ungaro, a spokesman for the agency,
At least 26 people died in a migrant shipwreck off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday (Aug 13) and 60 were brought ashore, the coastguard said, adding that the death toll was still provisional amid ongoing search operations.