Death toll in Italy migrant tragedy rises to 64, with dozens missing

At least eight of the dead were children who perished after a wooden boat broke up in stormy seas on the shoals off the Calabrian coast on Sunday. Eighty people survived.

Debris from the shipwreck is washed ashore (Giovanni Isolino/LaPresse/AP)

The death toll rose to at least 64 in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast, after rescue crews recovered several more bodies on Monday, driving home once again the desperate and dangerous boat crossings of people seeking to reach Europe.

Dozens more were believed to be missing.