At least 22 dead after the shipwreck of two immigrant ships in Italy
(10 months ago)At least 22 migrants died after two ships sank in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, humanitarian agencies said. Some 60 have been rescued, and many are considered missing. This is the last incident in the Mediterranean, where most migrants go to the effort to reach Europe. The Red Cross said about AFP at [...]
Some 60 have been rescued, and many are considered missing.
This is the last incident in the Mediterranean, where most migrants go to the effort to reach Europe.
The Red Cross said about AFP, 56 men and four women have escaped shipwrecking vessels with migrants. The organisation said it is still unclear how many people were on two ships that were launched by Zavija in Libya and by Tripoli on Tuesday evening.
Not many details of this tragedy have yet dawned, but the Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing the stories of some survivors that after one of the ships, which were launched together, began to drown, some migrants moved to the next ship, which was overloaded and started to be filled with water.
ANSA reported that among the first to be transported to the Lapedusa morgue were the bodies of a newborn, three children, two men and two women.
The great recovery for the tragedy of another ship off the coast of Lampedusa, where UNHCR is now assisting survivors. It seems 20 bodies have been found, and as many as were missing from”, Philippo Ungaro, spokesman for the United Nations Refugees Agency, wrote on social networks.
Interior Minister Matteo Pietados confirmed that two ships sank, saying the event took place 14 nautical miles from Lampedusa.
Some media have reported that 97 people were on two ships.
U n The NHCR announced on Wednesday that 675 victims among migrants have been registered so far, which drowned in trying to cross the Mediterranean.
Demi on Wednesday, 38,263 immigrants have arrived on Italy's coast this year, according to the Interior Ministry.
Pietedos wrote on social networks that this episode highlights “the emergency to prevent, from starting places, dangerous sea travel”.
The right-wing government of the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Mellon, has reached agreement with North African states, from which migrants begin, providing funds and providing training in exchange for helping to stop the departure of migrants towards the Italian coast./Periscopi/