Italy mourns as 300 migrants die in ship sinking
Divers are battling with choppy waters in the search for dozens of migrants believed to have drowned after their rickety boat caught fire and sank off the coast of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
The scope of the tragedy -- with 111 bodies recovered so far and as many as 200 missing – prompted outpourings of grief and demands for a comprehensive immigration policy to deal with migrants fleeing poverty and strife in Africa and the Middle East.
