The death toll in Italy rises to 75

On the other hand, the country has rescued more than 1,400 people since Friday

The number of people killed in the sinking of a boat carrying migrants and refugees off the coast of Cutro in southern Italy on 26 February has risen to 75.

The Coast Guard recovered the bodies of a six-year-old girl and an adult male on Saturday (11).

Both were seen floating in the sea of ​​Cutro, which this Saturday receives a protest with about 5,000 people in defense of the reception of international displaced persons.

Of the 75 who died in the sinking, 30 were minors and 21 were under the age of 12.

The tragedy of Cutro, a small Calabrian town, is one of the worst in recent years in the Mediterranean Sea, where tens of thousands of migrants and refugees driven by desperation risk themselves on overcrowded boats to reach Europe.

Italy alone has already taken in 17,600 internationally displaced people across the Mediterranean in 2023, almost 200% more than in the same period last year.

Since last Friday alone (10), official Italian ships have rescued more than 1,400 people who were in distress on boats in the central Mediterranean, a stretch of sea between North Africa and southern Italy.

The Coast Guard ship Diciotti landed in Reggio Calabria with 584 people on board, while patrol boats escorted a fishing boat with 487 migrants to Crotone, both in Calabria.

The ship Sirio, of the Navy, is sailing towards Augusta, in Sicily, with 379 international displaced persons, for a total of 1,450 people rescued.

The worsening crisis in the Mediterranean has already led the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to approve decrees to limit the activity of humanitarian NGO ships in the region and to establish sentences of up to 30 years in prison for the organizers of clandestine voyages resulting in death . .

Source: Terra

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