60 Somali migrants drown in Malawi boat accidentBy REX CHIKOKO in Blantyre | Wednesday, June 20   2012 at  16:21

Over 60 people suspected to be illegal Somali immigrants died after a boat transporting them capsized in Lake Malawi.

The accident, which the police blame on overloading, took place on Monday in northern region of Kaporo.

Police say so far, only 35 dead bodies had been recovered.

The police with the assistance of some local divers were still searching for the remaining bodies.

Malawi is a passage for illegal immigrants en route to South Africa and Europe.

Each year, the country rounds up and deport hundreds of illegal migrants believed to be Ethiopians and Somalis.