At least 41 folks have been killed in a migrants boat accident within the Mediterranean Sea final week, the Italian news company ANSA reported Wednesday, citing survivor accounts.
Ansa mentioned 4 individuals who survived the shipwreck informed rescuers that they have been on a ship carrying 45 folks, together with three youngsters.
The boat had set sail from the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax final Thursday within the course of Italy and capsized when a big wave struck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is positioned just below 190 kilometers from Sfax.
The survivors – three males and a girl from Ivory Coast and Guinea – mentioned they have been rescued by a cargo ship after which transferred onto an Italian coast guard vessel.
Those rescued additionally reported that solely 15 life jackets have been out there on board, whereas the coast guard didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
It was unclear, nevertheless, if the news given by Ansa was linked to the 2 shipwrecks that the coast guard had reported on Sunday, saying round 30 folks have been lacking from them.
According to the Interior Ministry in Rome, greater than 93,600 migrants have reached Italian shores thus far this 12 months, greater than twice as many individuals as in the identical interval final 12 months.
Most of those that will not be intercepted off the North African coast are picked up by Italian patrol ships or charity rescue ships and delivered to reception facilities.
Separately, Tunisian authorities mentioned on Monday that that they had recovered 11 our bodies from a shipwreck close to Sfax on Sunday, with 44 migrants nonetheless lacking from that sinking.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
