Six migrants die, 40 missing

Six migrants have died and 40 are missing after a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa late on Tuesday, Italy's main news agency ANSA and other media reported.

Italian coast guard vessels have so far rescued 10 people and resumed the search for any other survivors early yesterday, ANSA and other news agencies reported.

The survivors told rescuers that many among a group of 56 migrants fell into the water due to bad weather after setting off from Tunisia in a dinghy, the agencies reported.