Italy migrant tragedy unveils plight of survivors


  • World
  • Sunday, 06 Oct 2013

Migrants sit in a coach as they wait to be transferred to an immigration centre after they arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa October 4, 2013. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - The survivors of a shipwreck off Sicily two days ago live in terrible conditions and face criminal prosecution, a delegation of lawmakers and officials said on Saturday as they called for policy changes at home and in the European Union.

Rough seas again blocked efforts to recover the bodies trapped inside a boat that sank on Thursday, killing an estimated 300 Eritrean and Somali men, women and children who were seeking a better life in Europe.

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