UPDATE: 07/10/2013 - ACCIDENT - AFRICA - ERITREA - EUROPEAN UNION - IMMIGRATION - ITALY - LAMPEDUSA
Re: Pope Francis visits migrant island of Lampedusa
Lampedusa boat survivors ‘swam for hours’
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Eritrean migrants who survived a boat wreck off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa shared on Monday their memories of the horrific sinking, as rescuers continued to dive for bodies and the known death toll reached 211.
FRANCE 24 (text)
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