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Two migrants dead, eight missing off Sardinia
ROME, Nov 17, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The bodies of two migrants have been
recovered off the coast of Italy’s Sardinia, with eight others reportedly
missing, emergency services said on Saturday.
A wooden boat with 13 Algerians on board lost power on Thursday. The
migrants called for assistance, but before help came, 10 of them decided to
try to swim to land, Italian media reported.
The Italian coastguard found three people aboard the drifting boat near the
island of Toro, and later recovered two bodies.
They are still searching for the other eight migrants.
Italian government figures say that 1,167 Algerian migrants have arrived in
Italy so far this year.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1548 hrs