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At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck
Fatal maritime incident near Italy
On 3 October 2013, a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. It was reported that the boat had sailed from Misrata, Libya, but that many of the migrants were originally from Eritrea, Somalia and Ghana. An emergency response involving…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lampedusa
Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea
Lampedusa is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)