People smugglers threw children into the sea to try and stop an overcrowded wooden boat from sinking off the coast of Italy, survivors have claimed.
At least 65 people, including 14 children, died in the migration tragedy when their boat slammed into sandbanks and broke apart in rough seas early on Sunday.
Eighty people survived but dozens more are feared dead since survivors indicated the boat had carried about 170 people when it set off last week from Izmir.
