"Italian divers have recovered dozens more bodies from a boat carrying African migrants that sank on Thursday. Thirty-eight bodies were freed from the hull, which divers had previously been unable to access. The official death
“Italian divers have recovered dozens more bodies from a boat carrying African migrants that sank on Thursday. Thirty-eight bodies were freed from the hull, which divers had previously been unable to access. The official death toll now stands at 232. Divers “unpacked a wall of people”, a navy officer said, adding that corpses were “so entwined one with the other” they were difficult to pull out.”
See the full article: Lampedusa boat disaster: Death toll rises to 232 (BBC News, link)
And See: ECRE: Deaths at sea off the Italian coast: ECRE calls for safe channels for refugees to reach Europe (pdf)