Migrant shipwrecks off Italy leave 11 dead

2024-06-18 16

Bodies of 11 #migrants recovered by the #German aid group RESQSHIP were brought to #Lampedusa in #Italy.

Aid groups, coastguard officials and UN agencies said 11 died and more than 60 were missing, including 26 children, following two migrant shipwrecks off Italy's southern shores.

German aid group #RESQSHIP, which operates the Nadir rescue boat, said it picked up 51 people from a sinking wooden boat, including two who were unconscious, and found 10 bodies trapped in the lower deck of the vessel.