The survivors spent 2 days adrift in the ship’s hull
A migrant boat has capsized off Lampedusa, an Italian island in the central Mediterranean Sea, leaving more than 20 people missing.
This Wednesday (4), coast guard soldiers rescued seven Syrians who had been on the hull of the ship that had capsized for two days. According to survivors, the vessel had left Libya, in North Africa, on September 1, with 28 people on board, and capsized after a day at sea.
The other 21 passengers – all Syrians or Sudanese – are missing, including at least three children, while the shipwrecked people were taken to the reception center in Lampedusa.
The island is more part of North Africa than the Italian peninsula and is the main point of arrival for forced migrants and refugees in the country.
In most cases, these international displaced people use Italy only to enter the European Union and then head to the bloc’s northern nations.
According to the Italian Interior Ministry, the country received around 43,000 forced migrants across the Mediterranean in 2024, a drop of more than 60% compared to the same period last year.
The main countries of origin are Bangladesh (8,500), Syria (7,000), Tunisia (5,900), Egypt (2,600) and Guinea (2,400), and the boats depart from the Libyan or Tunisian coasts.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), since 2014, 1,000 people have died or disappeared while crossing the Mediterranean, including 23,800 in the central stretch of the sea between North Africa and Southern Italy. In 2024, the number of victims on this route is just over a thousand.
Source: Terra
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