83 more bodies recovered from Italy refugee wreck

LAMPEDUSA: Divers in Italy recovered 83 more bodies on Sunday (Monday in Manila) after a shipwreck in which over 300 African refugees are feared to have died, as a government minister called for an easing of immigration rules.

Divers working at a depth of nearly 50 meters described nightmarish scenes under water: bodies trapped in the wreckage, locked in a final embrace or lying on the seabed covered in sand.