Charity: boat carrying 500 migrants in distress off coast of Sicily

A boat carrying 500 migrants is in urgent need of rescue off the coast of Sicily.

That's according to the charity "Alarm Phone", which monitors boats crossing the Mediterranean.

Giles Gibson reports from Rome.

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