At least two people drowned and 200 others were arrested today in Egypt when they were trying to illegally immigrate to Italy by a boat.
One of the person who drowned was a Somali woman and the other was a man from Eritrea. They were trying to cross to Italy through the Borlos Lake via the Mediterranean Sea.
Five others suffered minor injuries and are getting treated at a hospital, a medical officer said.
A security source said that about 300 people from different nationalities, including six Egyptians, were trying to cross over to Italy in a boat.
The Egyptian Coast Guard has arrested about 200 of them. The rescue team, who have pulled out the two bodies, is still searching for the missing people.
Hundreds of Egyptians, in search of better work opportunities, have been caught in illegal immigration attempts to migrate to Italy over the past few years. A number of them have drowned in the process.
