At least 27 dead, dozens missing after migrant boats capsize off Italy’s Lampedusa – Middle East Monitor

At least 27 people, including a 1-year-old girl and three teenagers, died and dozens remain missing after two migrant boats capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, authorities said Thursday.

The boats, carrying around 90-100 people in total, overturned about 14 miles off the island in the Italian search and rescue zone, according to survivors, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

The vessels had departed the previous night from Tripoli, Libya, with…