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Italian Coast Guard Finds 19 Migrants Dead and Rescues 58 From Dinghy Off Lampedusa
Officials said the migrants likely died of hypothermia as rescuers battled waves up to 7 meters and rough weather in the Mediterranean.
- On Tuesday night, the Italian coast guard rescued 58 migrants and recovered 19 bodies from a dinghy in distress about 80 nautical miles from Lampedusa, bringing survivors to the island after a 10-hour trip.
- Amid rough weather, the Italian coast guard operated in the Libyan search and rescue area where coast guard spokesperson Roberto Arrigo said sea conditions were "pretty extreme," with waves of more than 6-7 meters.
- Arrigo noted the migrants likely departed from Libya and victims probably died of hypothermia, though the coast guard was the only unit able to intervene in the area.
- Lampedusa remains the primary entry point to Europe for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa, with most deaths attributed to small boats departing from Tunisia and Libya.
- In August last year, the most recent deadly shipwreck off Lampedusa occurred when a boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized in international waters, killing at least 26 people.
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The journey across the Mediterranean is the most deadly escape route in the world. This week, too, there are several disasters and many refugees are dying.
58 people were found alive and transported to Italy.
At least 58 survivors, five of them in a state of gravity, were transferred to Lampedusa by the Coast Guard
In the Mediterranean between Italy and Libya, 19 migrants were found dead in a boat. Probably they died of hypothermia. 19 migrants were also killed in front of the Turkish seaside resort Bodrum.
Italy's Coast Guard has recovered 19 corpses after capping a boat with refugees, 58 migrants have been rescued. According to Sea-Watch, over a hundred people have died in the Mediterranean in recent days.
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