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Italian Search Continues for Capsized Boat Victims

   VOA News  April 07, 2011
   A man is helped out of an Italian Coastguard boat upon his arrival in
   Lampedusa, southern Italy, April 6, 2011

Photo: AP

   A man is helped out of an Italian Coastguard boat upon his arrival in
   Lampedusa, southern Italy, April 6, 2011

   Italian rescue crews are searching the Mediterranean Sea for survivors
   of a boat loaded with migrants that capsized Wednesday.
   The boat carrying at least 200 people sank south of Italy's Lampedusa
   island.
   Officials say 51 people have been found alive.
   A few hours before the deadly accident Italy and Tunisia signed an
   agreement to reduce the number of migrants heading to Italy in hopes of
   a better life.
   Some 20,000 migrants fleeing unrest in Tunisia also have landed on
   Lampedusa in recent weeks, causing a humanitarian emergency.
   The migrants pay more than $1,000 for the dangerous journey to the tiny
   Italian island, about half-way between Africa and Europe.

   Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.

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