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Authorities Search for Migrants Missing After Shipwreck in Italy
Two overcrowded boats capsized 14 miles off Lampedusa, killing 27 migrants including minors, while 60 survivors were rescued amid ongoing Mediterranean migration crises.
- Off the Italian coast, at least 27 migrants and refugees drowned on Thursday after two fiberglass boats capsized 14 miles offshore.
- Unseaworthy vessels faced rough seas, delayed distress signals, and severe overloading, causing fiberglass boats to capsize.
- The Italian Coast Guard reports that 60 survivors have been rescued, and about 35 are feared dead or missing, with five patrol boats plus aircraft involved.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni calls for enhanced European cooperation and policy reform, condemning human traffickers and pledging to strengthen migration controls.
- According to IOM data, at least 962 migrants had died so far this year as of August 13 along the Mediterranean routes, with over 25,260 dead or missing since 2014 in the Central Mediterranean route.
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This is the umpteenth shipwreck off Lampedusa, another tragedy of the Mediterranean. Thus Filippo Ungaro, spokesman of the "Unhcr," in connection, comments the incident occurred yesterday morning south of the island. According to the first reconstructions, on board the overturned boat were between 92 and 97 people, presumably departing from Libya on the night of 12 August. "Today there are 60 survivors, of which 58 landed in Lampedusa and 2 tran…
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