A pair of tragic migrant shipwrecks off the coast of Italy yesterday left 11 dead and at least 64 people missing, including 26 children, United Nations ' agencies have declared
Shocking aerial footage taken by a Italian coastguard plane has revealed the moment a rescue craft discovered the hull of the migrant vessel that had caught fire and sunk in the Mediterranean yesterday.
The second shipwreck took place about 125 miles east of the Italian region of Calabria after a sailboat that had set off from Turkey caught fire and overturned after an explosion on board. Shocking aerial footage taken by a coastguard plane showed the Italian rescue craft arrive at the scene as the hull of the migrant craft began to sink below the surface of the water
Rescuers said at least 64 people from the sail ship were missing at sea while 12 were rescued and taken ashore by the Italian coastguard. One of those rescued died soon after, while another was immediately taken to hospital in a serious condition Read More Greek coastguard 'threw migrants overboard to their deaths' Migrants from the second shipwreck came from Iran, Syria and Iraq, they said.
Nine of those people are believed to have died after they were deliberately pushed into the water by coastguard officers, according to eyewitnesses from NGOs, local media and the Turkish coastguard, which often receives migrants turned away by Greece. Men transfer body bags carrying migrants who died after their boat capsized in the open sea off Greece, onboard a Hellenic Coastguard vessel at the port of Kalamata, Greece, June 15, 2023
Those from the Middle East often attempt to make the shorter but no less perilous journey west across the Mediterranean from Turkey, having arrived there from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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