Migrant boat which sank with 700 people on board raised by Italian navy

The Italian navy has recovered a migrant ship that sank off Sicily last year with an estimated 700 people on board in one of the worst known tragedies of the Mediterranean migrant crisis.

The navy said it raised the boat from a depth of 1,214ft, and it will now be kept in a refrigerated transport structure for the trip to port in Sicily, where forensic experts will begin trying to identify the victims.