Italian navy to resume recovery of boat full of migrant dead
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ROME - Improved sea conditions are permitting the Italian navy to resume a complex operation to recover a sunken fishing boat with the bodies of hundreds of migrants inside.
Navy vessels are set to head Wednesday to the site of the April 2015 shipwreck, in which the immense loss of life spurred Europe to step up patrols of the Mediterranean, where Libyan-based smugglers launch overcrowded boats on risky voyages toward Italy's shores.
The boat is located 85 miles from the Libyan coastline and sank to a depth of 1,200 feet after it capsized just as a cargo ship was coming to the migrants' rescue.
