In the Mediterranean sea sank the boat, on Board of which were about 150 workers. All of them are missing, reports BFMTV.
About the incident became known from the words of a young man from Gambia who in the open sea, picked up by Spanish sailors. He was taken to the Italian island of Lampedusa.
According to mzhchiny, the boat came sailing from the Libyan city of sabratha. On Board were immigrants from Nigeria, Gambia and Mali. Among them were children and pregnant women.
A few hours after departure, the ship sprang a leak and began to draw water, and then sank. The Gambian also told me that he managed to stay on the surface of the water, clinging to an empty container from-under gasoline.
According to the International organization for migration, since the beginning of this year while trying to cross the Mediterranean have died or disappeared 590 people. As follows from official data of the Italian authorities, over the same period, the country has arrived more than 23 thousand illegal migrants.