{"id":4302,"date":"2023-02-26T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T14:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4302"},"modified":"2023-02-27T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T23:00:20","slug":"a-migrant-ship-breaks-up-off-the-coast-of-italy-dozens-dead-80-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/news\/a-migrant-ship-breaks-up-off-the-coast-of-italy-dozens-dead-80-alive\/2023\/02\/26\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"A migrant boat breaks up off the coast of Italy ,Dozens dead, 80 alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROME<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> At<\/span> least<\/span> 43<\/span> migrants<\/span> died<\/span> as<\/span> overcrowded<\/span> wooden<\/span> boats<\/span> crashed<\/span> into<\/span> rocks<\/span> before<\/span> sunrise<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday,<\/span> leaving<\/span> southern<\/span> Italy,<\/span> the<\/span> Italian<\/span> coast<\/span> guard<\/span> said.<\/span> Reports<\/span> said<\/span> survivors<\/span> said<\/span> dozens<\/span> more<\/span> may<\/span> be<\/span> missing.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“So<\/span> far,<\/span> 80<\/span> people<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> brought<\/span> back<\/span> alive,<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> whom<\/span> have<\/span> made<\/span> it<\/span> to<\/span> shore<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> shipwreck.<\/span> Forty-three<\/span> bodies<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> found<\/span> along<\/span> the<\/span> coast,”<\/span> the<\/span> Coast<\/span> Guard<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> issued<\/span> just<\/span> before<\/span> noon.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Italian<\/span> state<\/span> television<\/span> later<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> his<\/span> 45<\/span> bodies,<\/span> covered<\/span> in<\/span> cloth,<\/span> were<\/span> taken<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> sports<\/span> stadium<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> nearest<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Crotone.<\/span> There<\/span> were<\/span> also<\/span> varying<\/span> estimates<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> boat<\/span> when<\/span> it<\/span> crashed<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> reef<\/span> in<\/span> violently<\/span> turbulent<\/span> waters.<\/span> Some<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> debris<\/span> landed<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> stretch<\/span> of<\/span> beach<\/span> on<\/span> Calabria’s<\/span> Ionian<\/span> coast,<\/span> where<\/span> splinted<\/span> light<\/span> blue<\/span> pieces<\/span> of<\/span> wood<\/span> littered<\/span> the<\/span> sand<\/span> like<\/span> matches.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>State<\/span> television<\/span> reported<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> village<\/span> of<\/span> Stekturtdiktro,<\/span> citing<\/span> a<\/span> survivor’s<\/span> testimony<\/span> that<\/span> she<\/span> left<\/span> Turkey<\/span> five<\/span> days<\/span> ago<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> boat<\/span> carrying<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 200<\/span> passengers<\/span> on<\/span> her.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Italian<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Giorgia<\/span> Meloni<\/span> said<\/span> about<\/span> 200<\/span> migrants<\/span> were<\/span> crammed<\/span> into<\/span> a<\/span> 20-meter<\/span> boat.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Italian<\/span> Coast<\/span> Guard,<\/span> which<\/span> coordinated<\/span> the<\/span> rescue,<\/span> is<\/span> said<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> had<\/span> about<\/span> 120<\/span> migrants<\/span> on<\/span> board.<\/span> Two<\/span> water<\/span> rescuers<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> fire<\/span> brigade<\/span> had<\/span> to<\/span> contend<\/span> with<\/span> gusts<\/span> of<\/span> wind<\/span> and<\/span> one-meter-high<\/span> waves<\/span> as<\/span> they<\/span> landed<\/span> the<\/span> body.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> local<\/span> priest<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> blessed<\/span> the<\/span> body<\/span> while<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> still<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> beach.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> survivors<\/span> were<\/span> detained<\/span> for<\/span> questioning<\/span> after<\/span> they<\/span> claimed<\/span> they<\/span> were<\/span> traffickers,<\/span> state<\/span> television<\/span> Lai<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> issued<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> prime<\/span> minister’s<\/span> office,<\/span> Meloni<\/span> “expressed<\/span> deep<\/span> sorrow<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> many<\/span> lives<\/span> taken<\/span> by<\/span> human<\/span> traffickers”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>She<\/span> vowed<\/span> to<\/span> crack<\/span> down<\/span> on<\/span> departures<\/span> arranged<\/span> by<\/span> smugglers<\/span> and<\/span> urge<\/span> other<\/span> European<\/span> Union<\/span> leaders<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> search<\/span> for<\/span> Italy.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Some<\/span> survivors<\/span> were<\/span> wrapped<\/span> in<\/span> blankets<\/span> and<\/span> quilts<\/span> and<\/span> taken<\/span> by<\/span> bus<\/span> to<\/span> makeshift<\/span> shelters.<\/span> Twenty-two<\/span> survivors<\/span> were<\/span> taken<\/span> to<\/span> hospital<\/span> for<\/span> treatment,<\/span> state<\/span> television<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> Coast<\/span> Guard<\/span> motorboat<\/span> rescued<\/span> two<\/span> men<\/span> suffering<\/span> from<\/span> hypothermia<\/span> and<\/span> recovered<\/span> the<\/span> body<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> boy<\/span> in<\/span> rough<\/span> waters,<\/span> the<\/span> agency<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement.A<\/span> fireboat<\/span> containing<\/span> rescue<\/span> divers<\/span> was<\/span> wrecked<\/span> by<\/span> strong<\/span> currents.<\/span> Twenty-eight<\/span> bodies<\/span> were<\/span> recovered,<\/span> including<\/span> three<\/span> who<\/span> were<\/span> dragged<\/span> far<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> ship.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Italian<\/span> news<\/span> reports<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> dead<\/span> included<\/span> an<\/span> 8-year-old<\/span> boy<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> few<\/span> months<\/span> old<\/span> baby.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Pope<\/span> Francis<\/span> lamented<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday<\/span> that<\/span> children<\/span> were<\/span> among<\/span> the<\/span> shipwreck<\/span> victims.<\/span> The<\/span> Meloni<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> focused<\/span> on<\/span> thwarting<\/span> efforts<\/span> by<\/span> humanitarian<\/span> vessels<\/span> to<\/span> carry<\/span> out<\/span> multiple<\/span> rescue<\/span> operations<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> central<\/span> Mediterranean,<\/span> allocating<\/span> disembarkation<\/span> ports<\/span> along<\/span> Italy’s<\/span> northern<\/span> coast<\/span> to<\/span> prevent<\/span> ships<\/span> from<\/span> entering<\/span> the<\/span> sea.<\/span> It<\/span> just<\/span> means<\/span> it’s<\/span> taking<\/span> longer<\/span> to<\/span> get<\/span> back.<\/span> Landed<\/span> safely.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Humanitarian<\/span> organizations<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> raid<\/span> included<\/span> instructions<\/span> to<\/span> charity<\/span> boats<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> stay<\/span> at<\/span> sea<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> initial<\/span> rescue<\/span> effort<\/span> in<\/span> hopes<\/span> of<\/span> conducting<\/span> further<\/span> rescue<\/span> operations,<\/span> but<\/span> to<\/span> proceed<\/span> immediately<\/span> to<\/span> their<\/span> assigned<\/span> safe<\/span> haven.<\/span> Violators<\/span> face<\/span> hefty<\/span> fines<\/span> and<\/span> confiscation<\/span> of<\/span> rescue<\/span> vessels.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>For<\/span> years,<\/span> Italy<\/span> has<\/span> lashed<\/span> out<\/span> at<\/span> other<\/span> EU<\/span> member<\/span> states<\/span> refusing<\/span> to<\/span> accept<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> its<\/span> migrants,<\/span> many<\/span> of<\/span> whom<\/span> are<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> find<\/span> families<\/span> and<\/span> jobs<\/span> in<\/span> northern<\/span> Europe.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ROME (AP) – At least 43 migrants died as overcrowded wooden boats crashed into rocks before sunrise on Sunday, leaving southern Italy, the Italian coast guard said. Reports said survivors said dozens more may be missing. “So far, 80 people have been brought back alive, some of whom have made it to shore after the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[779,562,1034],"tags":[1216,1217,552,554,780,1212,1213,1214,1215],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4302"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4341,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4302\/revisions\/4341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}