17 June 2024

10 migrants dead, dozens missing after two shipwrecks off Italy

By Redoy K

Ten migrants died and dozens are feared missing after two separate shipwrecks off Italy. A migrant rescue charity found 10 bodies below deck while rescuing 51 people from a wooden boat off Lampedusa. Meanwhile, the Italian coastguard is searching for missing migrants after a shipwreck off Calabria, with survivors reporting up to 60 people overboard from a boat that departed Turkey.