(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 20 - A boat loaded with migrants overturned off the coast of Lampedusa during the operations of people on board the Coast Guard and Guardia di Finanza patrol boats. At the moment 47 migrants have been rescued and searches for missing persons are underway. The shipwreck occurred 15 miles south of Lampedusa.
The search for any missing persons is now underway with the patrol boats of the Coast Guard and the Guardia di Finanza.
A helicopter from the Second GuardiaCostiera Air Unit of Catania was also used. "The rescue of this night - reads a note - takes place at the end of a particularly intense day from an operational point of view due to the high number of boats with migrants reported yesterday".
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