Two dead and more than 30 missing after migrant boats capsize south of Italian island

A migrant stranded on a rocky reef on the tiny Italian southern island of Lampedusa is plucked to safety by helicopter (Italian Alpine Rescue via AP/PA)

Italy’s Coast Guard rescued 57 migrants from two boats that capsized during the night in rough seas south of a tiny Italian island and recovered two bodies, authorities said.

In a statement, the coast guard says it recovered the body of a boy and a woman from one of the capsized vessels and quotes survivors as saying some 30 migrants were missing.