died and more missing after a boat carrying african my grants sank off the e italian island of lamped usa. they apparently boarded the cressel in libya. many jumped in the water after the boat caught fire. lamedusa is a major route for migrants trying to get into europe. >> reporter: a grim scene on an island where many had hoped to start a new life. a boat carrying hundreds of my grants from africa sank as they tried to reach the italian island of lamped ua. italy' coast guard said that it sent off flares, which likely started the fire. >> the boat caught fire and because of this everyone started to panic. they pushed forward, and caused the boat to capsize. >> reporter: rescuers arrived in the scene in the early hours of the morning. more than a hundred people were pulled from the water and taken ashore. but it's believed 500 were on board, including pregnant women and children. >>> it's one of the deadliest boating accidents involving my grants and the second one this week. italian ministers are calling for action. >> i have to ask for the shared intervention from the european union to

there was an announcement while they visited the lamped usa the island in which a boat consistenaccidentkilled hundred. >> an angry welcome for the european union delegation. those residents of lamedusa are shouting shame and murderer in the direction of italy's prime minister. but then they're flying to the island on wednesday was nothing more than a publicity stunt. >> they were here with a big following, and it looks like they're going to a wedding. 300 people died here. this is not a party. >> reporter: they talk but do nothing. we've lived with this problem for 20 years, and all they do is come here for a caught walk. >> earlier in the day, they paid respects for hundreds of victims for last week's shipwrecked. he said he was shocked by the tragedy and promised concrete help. >> i'm glad to announce the commission will add up 20 million euro for 2013. >> reporter: first, divers will have to find bodies of the tens of victims still missing from that tragedy. until then residents of lampedusa will keep shouting for the world. al jazeera, lampedusa. >> exit polls suggest the man already in p