Migrants drowned near Sardinia

Because of an accident with a refugee boat off the coast of Sardinia, at least two people drowned and eight others are missing.

The victims jumped overboard when the engine of the vessel failed. They tried to swim to a rock island off the coast of Sardinia, but they did not. Three people who stayed behind in the boat were saved.

More and more migrants are trying to reach Sardinia in small boats, now that the route to Sicily has been blocked.