Italian-Maltese: Lampedusa

Lampedusa: VALLETTA, Malta - For the second time in a week, a smugglers' boat overloaded with migrants capsized in the Canal of Sicily on Friday as it made the perilous crossing from Africa to Europe. At least 27 people drowned, but 221 people were rescued in a joint Italian-Maltese operation, officials said. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Friday's capsizing occurred 65 miles 105 kilometres southeast of Lampedusa, but in waters where Malta has search and rescue responsibilities. In this photo released by the Maltese Army, migrants are aboard a life raft after a boat carrying an estimated 200 migrants capsized off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa Friday, Oct.11, 2013. The capsizing occurred some 65 miles 105 kilometers southeast of Lampedusa, but in waters where Malta has search and rescue responsibilities. Last week, a migrant boat carrying some 500 Eritreans capsized off Lampedusa, killing at least 339. Only 155 people survived. AP Photo/Maltese Army HO Helicopters ferried the injured to Lampedusa, the Italian island that is closer to Africa than the Italian mainland and the destination of choice for most smugglers' boats leaving Tunisia or Libya. It was off Lampedusa that a migrant ship from Libya capsized Oct. 3 with some 500 people aboard. Only 155 survived. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.