A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people. The Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said Wednesday that around a dozen people

Sixty survivors were taken to a centre on Lampedusa following the disaster - with the Italian Red Cross saying four needed hospital treatment.

A boat carrying almost 100 migrants capsized on Wednesday off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 20 and leaving many missing, the UN refugee agency said. Some 60 survivors have been brought to a centre in Lampedusa,