Migrant boat sinks off Italian island

More than 150 people fleeing Libya were missing after their small overcrowded boat sank in high seas south off the Italian island of Lampedusa before dawn on the 6 April 2011.

Those fleeing Libya on the boat were said to have come from Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Chad and Bangladesh.

ESO: Background information: Berlusconi intervenes in migrant crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/berlusconi-intervenes-in-migrant-crisis/

BBC News, 6.4.11: Scores of migrants missing as boat capsizes off Italy http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12982923

IOM: IOM response to the Libyan Crisis: Situation report, 5 April 2011 http://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/shared/shared/mainsite/media/docs/reports/IOM-sitrep-MENA.pdf

Website: International Organisation for Migration http://www.iom.int/

Público, 10.5.11: The shame of Europe (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/645261-shame-europe

EUObserver, 8.4.11: Malmstrom: Mediterranean migration has become 'very emotional' http://euobserver.com/9/32142

EUObserver, 6.4.11: Parliament observes minute of silence for drowned refugees from Libya http://euobserver.com/9/32133

Deutsche Welle, 7.4.11: Boat with refugees capsizes near Lampedusa, 130 people missing http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14969054,00.html

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