Stranded migrants saved, but dozens missing off Italy in rough seas

Around 28 people were reported lost at sea by survivors on one boat, while three were reported missing from the second. theSun theSundaily WorldNews coastguard migrant Italy

August 6, 2023, shows rescuers helping migrants to board a rescue boat during operations that took place south of Lampedusa, rescuing 57 migrants and also recovering the lifeless bodies of a woman and a minor on board. AFPPIX: At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to survivor testimony, as rescuers on Sunday winched to safety 34 others stranded on the rocks by rough seas.

While some people tried to climb onto the vessel as it rocked, others, wearing black rubber rings, clung desperately to one another in a human chain. “Whoever allowed them, or forced them, to leave with this sea is an unscrupulous criminal lunatic,“ he told Italian media. The Sicilian Alpine rescue service said the 34 migrants had been stuck on the rocks since late Friday, after their boat was tossed onto the rocks by strong winds.

Over 1,800 people have died attempting it so far this year, Di Giacomo said -- almost 900 more than last year. Sub-Saharan migrants are being put out to sea by traffickers “in iron boats which cost less than the usual wooden ones, but are utterly unseaworthy, they easily break up and sink”, he said.

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