Migrant boat capsizes off southern Italy – Xinhua English.news.cn
Xinhua News Agency, Rome, August 9 (Reporter He Fei) Italian local media reported on the 9th that a migrant boat from Tunisia capsized in the waters near Lampedusa Island in southern Italy recently. Four people were rescued and another 41 people may have died. .
According to the Italian ANSA news agency, the boat carrying the rescued migrants handed over the four survivors to the Italian Coast Guard patrol boat on the morning of the 9th local time. According to the survivors, the migrant boat set off from Tunisia last week, carrying a total of 45 people including 3 children, and the boat capsized when it was hit by big waves a few hours after departure.
The ANSA news agency said the survivors were rescued a few days away from where the boat capsized. At that time, the bodies of the victims had not yet been found by the boat that originally carried the rescued migrants and a coast guard patrol boat.
Italian police said on the 6th that two migrant boats capsized in the waters near Lampedusa Island from the night of the 5th to the early morning of the 6th, killing at least two people and leaving more than 30 people missing. Local media said the two migrant boats were from Tunisia.
According to statistics released by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, nearly 92,000 immigrants have arrived in Italy by boat from Africa, the Middle East and other regions this year, more than double the number in the same period last year.
The island of Lampedusa is located at the southernmost tip of Italy. It is one of the main transit points for refugees and illegal immigrants from war-torn areas in Africa and the Middle East to go to mainland Italy and other European countries.
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2023-08-09 13:00:50
