Bodies of 8 illegal immigrants are found near the Italy coast
21 June 2007Representatives of a local coast guard informed that they found the bodies of four illegal immigrants near to the Italian island Lampedusa. As they said, they received this information from the pilot of a military plane Atlantic.
Thus, the death-roll has increased up to eight as earlier on Sunday 17th in 60 miles from Lampedusa were found another four bodies.
Bodies were picked up by the Italian Navy battleship Spica. The nationality of victims is being determined.
Some days ago 324 illegal immigrants have landed on Lampedusa. The main group - 279 person - has come at an old fishing vessel, 45 have reached the Italian coast by an inflatable boat. Among the arrived - 13 women and more than ten minors. All of them have been placed in the temporary center for immigrants where there are more than 400 person while the center is intended for 190.
As a rule, illegal immigrants arrive to Italy from Libya. All of them are natives of African and Asian countries.
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