ROME: Italian prosecutors are looking into the way emergency services responded to last weekend's migrant boat disaster in which dozens of people were killed after accusations tha
after accusations that authorities were slow to react, a police source said on Thursday .
Local authorities said another body was recovered on Thursday, taking the death toll to 68. Fifty-four of the victims have now been identified - 48 Afghans, three Pakistanis, a Syrian, a Tunisian and a Palestinian.The tragedy has intensified a debate on migration in Europe and Italy, where the recently elected right-wing government's tough new laws for migrant rescue charities have drawn criticism from the United Nations and others.
Frontex said the boat was sailing without signs of distress but it alerted the Italian authorities as its thermal cameras indicated there could be a number of people below deck.
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