Migrant boat capsizes in Italian waters
Italian coastguards are searching for some 130 migrants from North Africa whose boat capsized during the night, south-west of the island of Lampedusa. The upheavals in Tunisia and Libya have led to an influx of thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter Italy through Lampedusa. Anchor Marco Werman has more.
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