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Among the 28 known survivors of the disaster. more than 800 others are believed to have drowned. >> well for more let's get to cnn international correspondent ben wederman live from augusta. so, ben as we are waiting for this -- this ship to come in with more than 400 people who were rescued talk to us about what the situation was for them. what boat they were on. what the circumstances were surrounding this? >> the precise details of their rescue aren't clear at this point, rosemary. but it is clearly another, yet another case of, of rickety boats often times, small fishing boats at best out ...

Journey. yesterday we spoke to a syrian migrant who was here in cataniy, what he described was a hellish journey in which very poor people end up spending the very few resources they have off to get here. one syrian refugee told us yesterday, for instance, right after he had paid 1,000 euros, $1,100 for the journey over here. masked men showed up and stole his remaining 700 euros. people arrive destitute, desperate for some sort of improvement in their lives. >> it is just overwhelming, ben, when you hear all of the circumstances surrounding these migrants coming in. of course the situation on...

Italian police, the captain, it is said was drinking and smoking hashish when this incident took place in the ear morning hours of sunday. it is not al together clear why that ship went down. we have heard variety of versions. one spokeswoman for the u.n.-hcr telling us that they believe the ship went down when it collided with a portuguese merchant vessel that went to its rescue. italian authorities believe the ship capsized when people people on the upper decks rushed to one side to try to, wave down this approaching portuguese vessel. what is clear, however, is that yet again hundreds of pe...

>> right now the italian coast guard is bringing more than 400 rescued migrants to shore at sicilian port of augusta, cnn international correspondent ben wedeman joins us again from there. now, ben, of course, we are waiting for this bet to arrive with the, the 400 or so rescued migrants. talk to us though about that. and the situation that has been caused as a result of these waves of immigrants who have come. and the problems that they have experienced out at sea there. we also heard from the italian prime minister, a lot to cover there. >> yeah, well you know, prime minister renzi did say y...

Declared they will accept no more migrants. it is immediately a problem just to find them a police lace to s. back to you. >> thank you, ben wedeman live on the scene in augusta, sicily. 446 migrants. the latest to arrive in what has been a flood of immigrants heading to italy. 170,000 last year. thousand this year. >> interesting, noted there, smugglers are on board as well. they will be dealt with accordingly. thank you for your company. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm john vause. stay with us. for our viewers in the united states "early start." for viewers everywhere else, "cnn newsroom." >> ha...