Overview

• A Tunisian fishing vessel alerted the Port Authority at 2 a.m. when a migrant boat began sinking about 45 miles south of Lampedusa.
• Italian Coast Guard personnel and fishermen recovered 87 migrants from the 12-meter vessel, including 23 women and 10 minors.
• Rescuers retrieved the body of a woman in her thirties, and survivors say up to six people remain unaccounted for.
• Those rescued—who paid between 1,000 and 2,000 Tunisian dinars each—departed La Louza, Tunisia, and originate from seven African countries.
• Survivors are at the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot for medical checks and interviews as authorities keep searching for the missing.