Italy shipwreck: Coffins arrive in Sicily

Name: Italy shipwreck: Coffins arrive in Sicily
Uploaded: 2013-10-14T09:03:09.000Z
Duration: 1 min 13 s
Description: More than 100 coffins have arrived in Sicily from the shipwreck which saw more than 300 Eritreans drown off the coast of Lampedusa.

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More than 100 coffins have arrived in Sicily following the deaths of hundreds of migrants sailing in overcrowded boats from North Africa.

Italy is now stepping up sea and air patrols by tripling the number of naval ships and aircraft patrols to help find and rescue African migrants.

BBC Africa's Kassim Kayira reports.

Europe

14 October 2013