Eritrea: Leonardo Ricci

Leonardo Ricci: LAMPEDUSA, Italy - An Italian government minister born in Africa watched wordlessly Sunday as soldiers wearing face masks carried body bags containing migrants from her continent who perished when a fishing boat transporting 500 asylum seekers from Eritrea sank within sight of the tiny island of Lampedusa. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Search operations will continue "as long as the sea is calm and there is light," police Maj. Leonardo Ricci said. Lampedusa Mayor Giusy Nicolini, right, is flanked by Italian Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge during a news conference at the Lampedusa island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Authorities say divers have recovered new bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 migrants from Eritrea. Financial police Maj. Leonardo Ricci said divers have recovered about 10 bodies since resuming the search Sunday morning. He said the search and recovery would continue "as long as the sea is calm and there is light." The search had been suspended for the last two days due to rough seas. As many as 250 people remain missing from Thursday's shipwreck. There are 155 survivors and 111 bodies recovered. AP Photo/Luca Bruno Divers recovered 70 more bodies after seas calmed enough to resume search operations after a two-day suspension, increasing the death toll to at least 181. More than 150 others are presumed to be missing, trapped in the wreckage about 50 metres 165 feet below the surface. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.