A boat from Libya carrying over 500 people from sub-Sahara Africa and Asia ran around off Lampedusa on Sunday. Italian rescuers saved everyone on board. The survivors had to be brought ashore by rescuers in the water because rescue boats were unable to approach due to the shoals on which the migrant boat ran around.
In a separate incident, early Friday morning, 6 May, a migrant boat believed to be carrying over 600 people capsized or broke apart off the Libyan coast. It is feared that most of the passengers have died.
Click here, here, and here for articles about the Lampedusa rescue. (EN)
Click here (EN) and here (IT) for article about the sinking off Libya.
MIGRANTS AT SEA 