to try to bust up these gangs that are really preying and making a fast buck off human tragedy. this particular boat set sail from egypt. the migrants were loaded bit by bit on one fishing vessel and after a few days they were transferred to another fishing vessel. none of these boats sea worthy. they are rust buckets and then finally they were rescued by the italian navy. they are back on dry land now. now being given medical checks and in the process of identification carol. karl, i know you have talked to some of these migrants. what are they telling you? reporter: harrowing tales of why they left home and how they managed to get here. the price of their passage really has been getting beaten on the way and robbed on the way and being exposed to all kinds of violence especially from those human trafficking gangs. i talked to a syrian man.
they will be brought here basically the doctors and nurses and volunteers who are part of this operation will try and identify them from how they look from their gender their height any identifying marks, any i.d. cards they may have on them and also facial recognition. remember those families in surabaya were asked to give photos of their loved ones they were asked for all these details ahead of time to help this process. the bodies will then be prepared and put in a casket to be sent to surabaya. now, we understand from the director of the hospital they also have representatives from five different religions here who will say a prayer over the body and pay their respects because they don t know what religion each victim is. then they will be sent to surabaya as i say, for the families to give that formal identification carol? paula hancocks reporting live for us this morning. i appreciate it. let s talk about the search for