Wave of 640 migrants smuggled to tiny Italian island from Tunisia
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Hundreds of illegal migrants that set out from Tunisia reached Italy’s island of Lampedusa on Sunday. However, 23 migrants were also reported missing.
Earlier Monday, a fishing boat off Lampedusa aided a distressed migrant boat that contained 34 people and a body, the Italian news agency ANSA said. Survivors reportedly told rescuers that some 20 fellow passengers were missing from the boat, which had set out from a Tunisian port on Saturday night.
A few hours later, the Italian Coast Guard rescued 42 migrants from a boat foundering off Lampedusa after setting out Saturday night from Tunisia, ANSA said. Survivors told rescuers that three men were missing.
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