Scores Die as Migrant Ship Sinks Off Italy

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BY CHRISTOPHER EMSDEN IN ROME, DREW HINSHAW IN ABUJA, NIGERIA, AND HEIDI VOGT IN NAIROBI
At least 114 people died after a ship carrying migrants sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, officials said Thursday, in a devastating accident that is likely to stoke debate over illegal migration.
More people are feared missing even after rescue workers brought in 155 survivors, the Health Ministry said.
Some survivors said as many as 500 people were aboard the ship, according to the Lampedusa medical center. A Coast Guard spokeswoman said divers reaching the sunken boat found about 20 bodies around it, increasing the death toll from earlier in the day. Entering the boat, they saw many more …
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