At least 33 people died after a ship with migrants sank off the east coast of the Calabria region in Italy, according to ANSA and other Italian news agencies this Sunday (26).
Around 27 bodies were found on the shores of Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort in the province of Crotone, ANSA said, adding that more bodies were seen in the water.
The current provisional death toll of 33 will “certainly” rise, the news agency said.
“Several dead are reported among the migrants, there are about 40 survivors,” the national fire department wrote on messaging app Telegram, adding that the migrants’ ship had run aground on the coast.
Adnkronos news agency said more than 100 people were on board the ship, while AGI, another Italian news agency, said a baby and several children were among the dead.
The vessel, carrying migrants from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, hit rocks during rough seas, Adnkronos said.
The Italian coastguard, who was said to be at the scene with firefighters and other police forces, was not immediately reached for comment.
Italy is one of the main landing points for migrants trying to enter Europe by sea. The so-called central Mediterranean route is known as one of the most dangerous in the world.
According to the International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project, 20,333 people have died or gone missing in the central Mediterranean since 2014.
Source: CNN Brasil
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