Italian coastguard says it has recovered two bodies and rescued 57 people after two boats sink off island of Lampedusa.
Ednews informs via AlJazeera that at least two people have been killed and dozens of others were missing after two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The Italian coastguard said on Sunday it had recovered two bodies and rescued 57 people following the sinkings.
Around 28 people were reported lost at sea by survivors on one boat, while three were reported missing from the second after both went down in stormy weather on Saturday, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Both were rickety iron boats believed to have set off from Sfax in Tunisia on Thursday.
One was carrying 48 people, the second 42, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
Cultural mediators with the IOM believed there were “at least 30 people missing” after speaking to the survivors, press officer Flavio Di Giacomo told the AFP news agency.