<p>Rome: At least 20 people have died after a migrant boat capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a United Nations agency and local media reported on Wednesday.</p><p>Rescuers have recovered 20 bodies so far and operations were continuing, according to initial reports by Ansa news agency. Between 70 and 80 people were believed to have survived.</p><p>Filippo Ungaro, from the U.N.'s refugee agency UNHCR, expressed "deep anguish" over the disaster and said more migrants could still be missing at sea.</p>.Yemen tragedy: At least 54 die, dozens missing after boat capsizes in bad weather.<p>"Twenty bodies have been recovered and the same number are missing," he wrote on his account on social media platform X.</p><p>The Italian interior ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>
<p>Rome: At least 20 people have died after a migrant boat capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a United Nations agency and local media reported on Wednesday.</p><p>Rescuers have recovered 20 bodies so far and operations were continuing, according to initial reports by Ansa news agency. Between 70 and 80 people were believed to have survived.</p><p>Filippo Ungaro, from the U.N.'s refugee agency UNHCR, expressed "deep anguish" over the disaster and said more migrants could still be missing at sea.</p>.Yemen tragedy: At least 54 die, dozens missing after boat capsizes in bad weather.<p>"Twenty bodies have been recovered and the same number are missing," he wrote on his account on social media platform X.</p><p>The Italian interior ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>