A baby died on a migrant boat
overnight close to the Italian island of Lampedusa, sources said
on Saturday.
The baby died shortly after his mother gave birth to him on the
boat, the sources said.
The boat was rescued by a port authority vessel and the baby's
body was put in a while coffin and taken to the island's
cemetery.
"Tragically, I'm not surprised," said Matteo Maria Zuppi, the
president of Italian bishops conference CEI.
"It's a tragedy. Little ones and grown-ups are losing their
lives.
"There's a debate about how to address waves of arrivals like
this.
"But we must remember that people's lives are scared and we must
save them".
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