{"id":14343,"date":"2023-02-26T13:01:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T13:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=14343"},"modified":"2023-02-26T13:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T13:01:44","slug":"pakistanis-among-30-migrants-dead-after-shipwreck-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/pakistanis-among-30-migrants-dead-after-shipwreck-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistanis among 30 migrants dead after shipwreck in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistanis among 30 migrants dead after shipwreck in Italy<\/a>. More than 30 people have died and more than 40 have survived a migrant boat shipwreck in southern Italy, a spokesman for the Italian firefighters’ service said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The shipwreck took place near Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort on the eastern coast of Calabria, the region that forms the tip of Italy’s boot.<\/p>\n

The death toll “has surpassed 30,” Danilo Maida, spokesman for the firefighters’ service in Calabria told Reuters, adding that the count was provisional.<\/p>\n

Firefighters and other emergency services were looking for more survivors at sea using jet skis, but conditions were harsh, making the search difficult, he added.<\/p>\n

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Earlier, Italian news agency ANSA reported that 27 bodies were found on the beach, and that more bodies were spotted at sea.<\/p>\n

“It is a huge tragedy which shows the absolute need to act firmly against irregular migration channels,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It is “essential” to stop sea crossings which, offering migrants the ‘illusory mirage of a better life’ in Europe, enrich traffickers and “cause tragedies like today’s”, he added.<\/p>\n

On their official Telegram channel, firefighters said they had recovered 28 bodies, and indicated that the migrants’ ship had ran aground by the coast.<\/p>\n

The Adnkronos news agency said that more than 100 people were aboard the ship, while AGI, another Italian news agency, said a baby and several children were among the dead.<\/p>\n

The vessel, bringing migrants from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, crashed against rocks during rough sea weather, Adnkronos said.<\/p>\n

The Italian coast guard, reported to be on the scene with firefighters and other police forces, was not immediately reachable for comment.<\/p>\n

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 world’s most dangerous.<\/p>\n

According to the International Organisation for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project, 20,333 people have died or gone missing in the central Mediterranean since 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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