Rough Waters

rough waters: LAMPEDUSA, Italy - Divers searched rough waters off the coast of Sicily on Sunday for the bodies of hundreds of migrants whose dream of escaping violence, poverty and oppression for a new life in Europe ended when their boat caught fire and sank, according to Reuters. The coastguard said 70 corpses had been brought to the surface on Sunday, despite 28-mile-per-hour gusts of wind and a meter-high swell. Authorities searched for bodies in and around the sunken boat, which was carrying mainly Eritreans and Somalis and By Steve Scherer About 500 migrants were packed onto the boat, which capsized just a kilometer from their destination on Thursday, according to survivors. The Italian authorities say 181 bodies have been recovered and more than a hundred are still missing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.