The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off an Italian island carrying about 500 people could well top 200, according to local media reports.

The disaster took place on Thursday off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, when a fishing boat carrying about 500 African migrants caught fire and sank.

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