Heartbreaking underwater image shows drowned young couple clinging to each other after boat from Africa carrying up to 400 sinks on way to Italy

Clinging to each other in the shadow of the sunken hull, this young couple are united even in death.

Harrowing underwater footage of the migrant ship that sunk killing more than 300 last autumn has emerged, following another tragic shipwreck off the coast of Lampedusa.

As police divers explore the sunken wreck, the bodies of those that did not survive can be seen on board and scattered on the surrounding sea bed .

In one heartbreaking image a young couple had remained in a loving embrace even as they drowned.

Clinging to each other in the shadow of the sunken hull, this young couple are united even in death. Harrowing underwater footage of the migrant ship that sunk killing more than 300 last autumn has emerged, following another tragic shipwreck off the coast of Lampedusa