refugee disaster and hundreds are being feared dead. the coast guard is trying to find survivors but increasingly they are recovering bodies from the water. the boat capsized 50 miles off the coast of libya, 100 miles south of italy. it was packed full of people and capsized when the refugees rushed to one side of the boat in an effort to draw attention of another passing ship. this is a particularly dangerous time of year the number of migrants increases as springtime weather rolls in and seas are calmer and the weather warmer. but smuggler ships are crowded and often old and poor low maintained. every year hundreds and thousands of refugees from africa, asia and the middle east attempt to cross and they are substantially numbers are up in large part so many trying to make the cross because of the violence from iraq in syria and isis and the growing violence in
conor? it s being called the worst refugee disaster and hundreds are being feared dead. the coast guard is trying to find survivors but increasingly they are recovering bodies from the water. the boat capsized 50 miles off the coast of libya, 100 miles south of italy. it was packed full of people and capsized when the refugees rushed to one side of the boat in an effort to draw attention of another passing ship. this is a particularly dangerous time of year the number of migrants increases as springtime weather rolls in and seas are calmer and the weather warmer. but smuggler ships are crowded and often old and poor low maintained. every year hundreds and thousands of refugees from africa, asia and the middle east attempt to cross and they are substantially numbers are up in large part so many trying to make the cross because of the violence from iraq in syria and