Two migrant boats sank off Italy

Two migrant boats, one carrying 48 people and the other 42 people, sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Authorities reported that two people lost their lives, 31 people went missing, and 57 people were rescued. The Italian press reported that the immigrants who lost their lives were an Ivorian mother and her 1-year-old child. The boats are thought to have set off from the Tunisian city of Sfax. According to data from the Italian Ministry of the Interior, approximately 92 thousand immigrants have arrived in Italy so far this year.