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| Italy finds 30 bodies in migrant boat | Italy finds 30 bodies in migrant boat |
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| The Italian Navy has found about 30 bodies in a fishing boat with hundreds of migrants between Sicily and the North African coast, Italy's media say. | The Italian Navy has found about 30 bodies in a fishing boat with hundreds of migrants between Sicily and the North African coast, Italy's media say. |
| The migrants appeared to have been asphyxiated, Ansa news agency reports. | The migrants appeared to have been asphyxiated, Ansa news agency reports. |
| The grim discovery was made when rescuers boarded the vessel to evacuate a number of people said to be in distress, two of them pregnant women. | The grim discovery was made when rescuers boarded the vessel to evacuate a number of people said to be in distress, two of them pregnant women. |
| The fishing boat with about 600 migrants is now being towed to the town of Pozzallo, southern Sicily. | The fishing boat with about 600 migrants is now being towed to the town of Pozzallo, southern Sicily. |
| The Italian authorities say more than 60,000 migrants have already landed in southern Italy this year, and that the record of 63,000 set in 2011 is likely to be broken. | |
| Italy - who bears the brunt of migrants making the perilous crossing in the Mediterranean - has repeatedly appealed for help from the EU to tackle the problem. | Italy - who bears the brunt of migrants making the perilous crossing in the Mediterranean - has repeatedly appealed for help from the EU to tackle the problem. |
| Earlier this month, at least 39 people drowned off Libya after an overloaded, inflatable boat capsized while trying to cross to the Italian island of Lampedusa. | Earlier this month, at least 39 people drowned off Libya after an overloaded, inflatable boat capsized while trying to cross to the Italian island of Lampedusa. |
| Last October, 360 people died when a boat sank off Lampedusa. | Last October, 360 people died when a boat sank off Lampedusa. |