ITALY LAMPEDUSA IMMIGRANT BOAT DISASTER EU VISITEuropean Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem speaks during a press conference in Lampedusa after last week ' s migrant - boat disaster off the Sicilian island , 09 October 2013 . Top - level European Union officials vowed to do everything in their power to prevent more migrant deaths at Europe ' s sea borders , after being heckled by local residents during a visit to Lampedusa . A boat carrying an estimated 500 passengers sank off the southern Italian island on October 3 , the biggest such accident in recent European history . There were 155 survivors and 298 certified victims , but the death toll was expected to keep rising . EPA / FRANCO LANNINO ▶   연합뉴스 " 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 "▶   지금 뉴스 스탠드 에서 뉴스 Y 를 만나 보 세요 ! ▶   그림 으로 보 는 " 인터랙티브 뉴스 "< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >