The bodies of 3 other people were found, including 2 boys
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 79.
Rescuers recovered the bodies of three other victims this Sunday (12), two children and an adult man. With this, there are already 33 minors confirmed among those who died in the tragedy, of which 24 were up to 12 years old.
The shipwreck of Cutro, a small town in Calabria, 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 between January 1 and March 10, 2023, nearly 200 percent more than in the same period last year, according to the Interior Ministry.
However, since last Friday (10), official Italian ships have already rescued more than 1,400 people who were in danger at sea.
The Coast Guard ship Diciotti arrived in Reggio Calabria on Saturday (11) with 584 shipwrecked people on board, while the patrol boats escorted a fishing boat with 487 migrants to Crotone, both in Calabria.
The Sirio ship, of the Navy, docked in Augusta, Sicily, with 379 international displaced persons, also on Saturday.
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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