At the very least seven individuals had been rescued about 10 nautical miles (18.5 kilometers) southwest of Lampedusa after a ship capsized on account of dangerous climate.
Seven individuals have been rescued and 21 others are nonetheless lacking at sea after the boat they had been travelling on capsized off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard mentioned.
The survivors, all Syrian residents, had been rescued from a semi-sunken boat about 10 nautical miles (18.5 kilometers) southwest of Lampedusa, a press release mentioned Wednesday.
Chiara Cardoletti, head of the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Italy, wrote on Tuesday night that the survivors had been in a “vital” situation and had misplaced family at sea.
Survivors instructed rescuers they’d set out from Libya on Sunday and that 21 of the 28 individuals on board, together with three kids, had fallen into the ocean throughout tough climate.
“The boat capsized repeatedly, leaving individuals clinging to the perimeters of the boat whereas their family drowned round them,” Nicola Dell’Arciprete, nation coordinator for Italy for the United Nations Youngsters’s Fund (UNICEF), mentioned in a press release.
The Italian workplace of the UN refugee company instructed Reuters information company that there have been additionally Sudanese on the boat, which is believed to have left the port of Sabratha, west of Tripoli.
The coast guard mentioned it had taken survivors to Lampedusa and deployed naval and air items to seek for the lacking individuals.
The Central Mediterranean is without doubt one of the deadliest migration routes on this planet.
Greater than 2,500 migrants died or went lacking attempting to cross final yr, and 1,047 this yr, as of Tuesday, in keeping with the Worldwide Group for Migration.
The most recent figures from the Italian Inside Ministry present that greater than 43,000 migrants have arrived in Italy to date in 2024, properly under earlier years.
