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ROME, February 26 (Reuters) – Italy coast security and police said that 43 people died and 80 people survived as a result of the boat carrying migrants crashed into the rocks in the south of Italy on Sunday morning.
The shipwreck happened near Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort on the east coast of Calabria, the region that forms the tip of Italy’s boot.
“At present, a total of 80 people have been found alive – some of them managed to get ashore after the shipwreck – coast 43 corpses were found”, – coast it is stated in the statement of the protection.
The boat, which had about 120 people on board, ran aground on rocks “a few meters from shore,” the coast guard said, adding that the search for other possible survivors was still ongoing.
Earlier, Antonio Ceraso, Mayor of Cutro, SkyTG24 news reported that women and children were among the dead.
According to him, the wooden boat of the migrants “disintegrated” in stormy sea conditions, parts of the wreckage were scattered about 300 meters from the coast.
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Ceraso, his voice cracking, said he witnessed “a spectacle that you will never want to see in your life… a horrific sight… that will stay with you for the rest of your life.”
Calabria firefighters spokesman Danilo Maida told Reuters that firefighters were searching the sea on jet skis, but difficult conditions made the operation difficult.
ANSA and other Italy news initial reports of the agencies mentioned that 27 bodies were washed ashore and more were found in the water.
Adnkronos of Italy news agency of migrants caught as a result of the sinking of the ship Irancoming from Pakistan and Afghanistan, and ANSA Iransaid that he came from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
‘THE ILLUSION MIRAGE’
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed “deep sadness” over the fatal incident and vowed to stop irregular sea migration to prevent more deaths at sea.
His right-wing government has taken a hard line on migration since coming to power in October, mainly by restricting the activities of charities that rescue migrants with tough new laws.
In a separate statement, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said, “This is a great tragedy that shows the need to act decisively against illegal migration channels.”
He added that migrants have “years of a better life” in Europedamage It was “essential” to stop the sea crossings, which presented the “miracle”, enriched human traffickers and “caused tragedies like the present one”.
Pope Francis, an active defender of migrants’ rights, said he was praying for everyone affected by the shipwreck during his address to a crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
Italian sea way is one of the main landing points for migrants trying to enter Europe. The so-called Central Mediterranean route It is known as one of the most dangerous routes in the world.
According to the International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project, since 2014 in the central Mediterranean 20 333 people are dead or missing.
Reporting by Alvise Armellini Editing by Frances Kerry and Tomasz Janowski
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2023-02-26 16:32:35
Source – reuters
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