Dozens of migrants die as boat sinks

CATANIA. — Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat carrying an estimated 137 people sank south of Sicily, Save the Children says. The aid group says survivors reported up to 40 people fell into the sea as a rescue vessel was approaching. The survivors arrived in the city of Catania yesterday. At least 1 750 people have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean, a 20-fold increase on the same period in 2014. Giovanna di Benedetto, Save the Children’s representative in Catania, said the latest sinking is thought to have happened on Sunday, but the exact toll was not known. — BBC.