According to BBC journalists, on board the boat, which sailed from Turkey a few days earlier, were migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
On Sunday, February 26, near the Italian port city of Crotone, a ship sank with about 200 people on board. It is reported by the BBC.
On board the sunken boat, which left Turkey a few days earlier, were migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and Iran. At least 63 people are known to have died, including 12 children, including a baby.
The bodies of the dead were found on one of the beaches of the resort in the Calabria region. According to the Coast Guard, 80 people were found alive. One of the survivors was detained by the customs police on charges of trafficking in migrants.
The bodies of the dead, along with the wreckage of the ship, were thrown ashore
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni responded to the incident, calling on EU institutions to take measures to stop the illegal movement of migrants by water.
“This is yet another tragedy taking place off our coasts. It reminds us all that the Mediterranean Sea is a gigantic mass grave that holds tens of thousands of souls and continues to expand,” a spokesman for a non-profit Mediterranean rescue organization said in a statement. by Francesco Creazzo.
Recall that on Friday, February 17, a truck with the bodies of 18 illegal migrants from Afghanistan was found in Bulgaria. The Afghans were in a special cache located under the compartment with timber. Presumably, people died of suffocation.
Earlier, on January 28, the Polish Border Guard reported that 46 illegal migrants in Belarus tried to cross the border with Poland and threw stones at the Polish patrol. In total, in the area of the border post in Cheremche, officers identified fifteen foreigners who illegally crossed the border.
