Around 40 Missing In Italy Migrant Boat Shipwreck – UN
The vessel left from Sfax in Tunisia and was carrying 46 migrants from Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, said Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the UN migration agency IOM.
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More Than 20 People Feared Dead In Shipwrecks Off Italy
The 36 survivors of the first shipwreck told the Italian coastguard that 19 people on board their boat had died after it partially capsized, a UNHCR press officer said.
Italy Shipwreck: At Least 58 Migrants Killed Off Calabria Coast
Those onboard were mainly from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Iran, according to Italian officials, and President Sergio Mattarella said many were fleeing “very difficult conditions”.