18 June 2024
11 migrants dead, 64 missing after Mediterranean shipwrecks
Eleven migrants died and 64 are missing after two separate shipwrecks off the coast of southern Italy, according to aid groups and Italian authorities. A German charity rescued 51 people but found 10 bodies trapped in a sinking wooden boat, while another boat from Turkey capsized with 64 migrants still unaccounted for after 11 were rescued. The incidents highlight the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route, where thousands have perished in recent years.