After boat sinks from Italy - New York Times are missing 150 migrants

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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Italy permit, migrants to France, Germany - Monster and Critics.com travel

Rome - Italy warned fellow members of the European Union on Friday that it could issue temporary residence permits to Tunisian would-be immigrants, so that they can travel in other EU countries.

 

"It's a way, to Europe to understand that in the light of his total lack of cooperation, legislative measures in place, are to enforce the principle of solidarity," said Interior Minster Roberto Maroni.

"We are not enforced, these (migrants) who want to keep France or Germany, in Italy," Maroni told a press conference in Rome.

Addressing the same press conference, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said his Government main aim was to repatriate most of the more than 18,000 Tunisians, who arrived in Italy since a January both are former Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali rebellion.

Berlusconi said he planned to discuss Tunis to visit on Monday, the return in meeting with Tunisia's interim authorities.

But the Prime Minister repeated Maroni's comments on so that some of the migrants to Italy with other EU Member States.

"He said, many of the migrants ' its intention to deal with family and friends, had manifested above all in France, but also in Germany."

"We then with temporary (Italian) residence permit gives them the opportunity, Europe travel could spend," Berlusconi said.

He was apparently referring to the Schengen Agreement, which allows travel without border controls in the 25 countries, are the signatories of the Treaty.

The Italian Government has committed the European Union for the other Member States, to share responsibility for the reception of migrants repeatedly criticized.

The EU has responded to this day, by funding, to support Italy.

The French and German Governments have rejected both Italian appeals, they take on some of the migrants.

In the meantime of rough seas on Friday Italian authorities forced suspension of the evacuation of about 3,800 migrants on Lampedusa - the 20-km2 Island i.e. Italy to the nearest point to North Africa.

Berlusconi, promised during a visit on Wednesday, the people of Lampedusa, that all the migrants ' within 60 hours.' would be cleared from their tiny island

Tensions between the indigenous and migrants, of which many were sleeping on beaches and rebuilt make-shift shelters, public buildings in increased the last few days.

Earlier this week after he started several ships some of the immigrants reception camps in Sicily and elsewhere in Italy.

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