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Boat sink victims arrive in Sicily

2013-10-14 1 Dailymotion

The latest migrants to be rescued off the Italian coast arrive on the island of Sicily to await their fate.<br/> <br />The group of 235 survivors were plucked from the Mediterranean on Saturday when their vessel capsized.<br/> <br />At least 34 people are known to have drowned but with many still unaccounted for, the true total could be around 200 or more.<br/> <br />The arrival of the survivors on Sicily coincided with that of the casualties of another ship sinking the previous week.<br/> <br />More than 350 migrants perished in that incident.<br/> <br />The first 150 coffins arrived on Sunday.<br/> <br />The rest will follow in two shipments for a state funeral.<br/> <br />The coffins were carried into a building at the Agrigento cemetery in silence by theology students who volunteered for the task.<br/> <br />Italy is stepping up air and sea patrols to try to stop the number of wrecks of boats carrying migrants.<br/> <br />Arrivals of migrants in Sicily from North Africa have swelled steadily over the past two decades.<br/> <br />T

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