At least 20 migrants die as boat capsizes off Lampedusa
Rescuers have recovered 20 bodies so far and operations are continuing, according to initial reports from the Ansa news agency. Around 100 people were believed to be on the boat, of which around 60 have been rescued.
Filippo Ungaro, from the UN's refugee agency UNHCR, expressed "deep anguish" over the disaster and said more migrants could still be missing at sea.
"Twenty bodies have been recovered and the same number are missing," he wrote on his account on social media platform X.
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