Boat sinks in Lampedusa: 49 migrants saved, perhaps some missing. Witness statements are conflicting.
The vessel would have left El Amra at 9pm on Tuesday. Each of the migrants on board paid 2,000 Tunisian dinars for the crossing to Lampingusa. The coast guard patrol boat Cp289 rescued 49 Bangladeshis, Ivorians, Guineans and Senegalese. According to the migrants, who have already landed on the Favarolo pier, there are people missing.