Rome - A boat of Libya with more than 200 immigrants who said most of them sub-Saharan Africans, on Wednesday from the Italian island of Lampedusa, an Italian island in the close to North Africa, capsized and are at least 150 still missing, Italian officials.
After the sinking at least 50 people reached Lampedusa by early Wednesday afternoon, rescued by an Italian patrol boat and a fishing boat, but Coast Guard officials feared many more still at sea.
"We are still looking for at least 150 people on the sea, but we fear that they might be even more than that," Commander Valerio Alessandro, a spokesman for the Italian port authorities said. He added that about 20 bodies in the water was been seen.
The migrants had sails from Libya before the capsizing was about 39 km from the Italian island, the immigrants and refugees riots in North Africa, which has attracted. In the Italian TV interviews, some of the migrants said that she had come from the western port of Zuwarah near the Tunisian border.
The migrant ship was to try one of the first, reached Lampedusa from Libya, since fighting began last month. Over 22,000 migrants have since January, mostly from Tunisia arrived on the island.
Tuesday's agreement Italy's Interior Minister Roberto Maroni one with the Tunisian Government to try to block the River. Tunisian authorities accepted offer the return of the new arrivals and Italy Tunisia with boats and all-terrain vehicles, to implement border controls, which have ceased almost since President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted in a popular revolt in January.
Critics have argued that the agreement set no dates or provide practical details how the repatriation would take place. In a statement Wednesday on the site Italian Ministry of the Interior Mr Maroni satisfaction for renewed cooperation between Italy and Tunisia, but also said that the agreement "now will be implemented."
Wednesday reached in the early morning, an Italian patrol boat of the ship concerned after had sought the help of the Maltese maritime authorities with a satellite telephone on board, said Commander Alessandro.
Just as the Italian coast guard boat boat on water was reached, get stalled his engine. Strong waves and cavalry regiments passengers began rocking the ship, and began falling overboard.
Between 30 and 40 women and five children between which were on board, said Simona Moscarelli, official for the International Organization for migration, has been translated in Lampedusa on Wednesday rescued immigrants and the police.
Rescue operations have through rough waters have been hampered and Italian coast guard officials were searching for possible survivors with naval and Commander Alessandro said air force,...
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