Search goes on for boat victims

The bodies of 162 people have been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast two days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean while attempting to head to Europe.

Dozens more are feared dead, said Mohammed Sultan, the governor of Beheira, who provided the latest figures. He also said that the search operation is still ongoing. Many are believed to be children and women.

Wahdan Sayyed, spokesman of the Nile Delta province of Beheira, said the search was ongoing.