A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off the Italian coast before dawn on Sunday, authorities said. Rescuers recovered nearly 60 bodies, and dozens more people were missing in the rough waters. Officials feared the death toll could top 100, since some survivors indicated that the boat had as many as 200 passengers when it set out from Turkey, United Nations refugee and migration agencies said.

Dozens dead in migrant boat wreck. (2023, February 28). The Manila Times, p. B8.