A baby died on a migrant boat overnight close to the Italian island of Lampedusa, sources said on Saturday.
The baby died shortly after his mother gave birth to him on the boat, the sources said.
The boat was rescued by a port authority vessel and the baby's body was put in a while coffin and taken to the island's cemetery.
"Tragically, I'm not surprised," said Matteo Maria Zuppi, the president of Italian bishops conference CEI.
"It's a tragedy. Little ones and grown-ups are losing their lives.
"There's a debate about how to address waves of arrivals like this.
"But we must remember that people's lives are scared and we must save them".
Source: Ansa News Agency (ANA)