At least 94 dead including a child and a pregnant woman after migrant boat carrying 500 passengers catches fire and sinks off coast of Italy

A ship carrying migrants from Africa to a new life in Europe caught fire and capsized off of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, spilling hundreds of passengers into the sea. More than 90 bodies have been recovered and 200 more were still missing by midday. It was one of the deadliest accidents in recent times during the notoriously perilous crossing.

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