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TimesLIVE
5 days ago
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- TimesLIVE
One dead, more missing after Tunisian migrant boat shipwrecked off Italy
One woman died, two people are feared missing and 87 were rescued following a migrant shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a UN migration agency official said on Monday. Lampedusa lies between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island of Sicily and is the first port of call for many migrants seeking to reach the EU from North Africa, in what has become one of the world's deadliest sea crossings. The migrants, initially rescued by a Tunisian fishing boat and then picked up by the Italian coastguard, arrived in Lampedusa at around 4am (2am GMT), International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesperson Flavio Di Giacomo said. They had set off from Tunisia on a flimsy metal boat that disintegrated during navigation, he said, describing such vessels as "floating coffins". "We are trying to see if, apart from the body that was recovered, one or two people are missing. Probably there are two," he added.
MTV Lebanon
6 days ago
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- MTV Lebanon
One dead, more missing after migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa
One woman died, two people were feared missing and 87 were rescued following a migrant shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a U.N. migration agency official said on Monday. Lampedusa lies between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island of Sicily and is the first port of call for many migrants seeking to reach the EU from North Africa, in what has become one of the world's deadliest sea crossings. The migrants, initially rescued by a Tunisian fishing boat and then picked up by the Italian coastguard, arrived in Lampedusa at around 4 a.m. (0200 GMT), International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesperson Flavio Di Giacomo said. They had set off from Tunisia on a flimsy metal boat that disintegrated during navigation, he said, describing such vessels as "floating coffins". "We are trying to see if, apart from the body that was recovered, one or two people are missing. Probably there are two," he added. Another group of around 80 sea migrants, including children and two or three pregnant women, also landed in Lampedusa overnight after a "dramatic" crossing in very rough weather, Di Giacomo said. "They were lucky to make it, given the sea conditions they faced", he said, indicating that the group had left Libya on Friday on a rubber dinghy. More than 25,000 migrants have died or gone missing on the central Mediterranean route between North Africa and Italy since 2014, according to the IOM, including 1,810 last year and 542 in the year to date.
Irish Times
6 days ago
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- Irish Times
Migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa leaves one dead, two feared missing
One woman died, two people were feared missing and 87 were rescued following a migrant shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a UN migration agency official said on Monday. Lampedusa lies between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island of Sicily and is the first port of call for many migrants seeking to reach the EU from North Africa, in what has become one of the world's deadliest sea crossings. The migrants, initially rescued by a Tunisian fishing boat and then picked up by the Italian coastguard, arrived in Lampedusa at around 4am local time, International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesman Flavio Di Giacomo said. They had set off from Tunisia on a flimsy metal boat that disintegrated during navigation, he said, describing such vessels as 'floating coffins'. READ MORE 'We are trying to see if, apart from the body that was recovered, one or two people are missing. Probably there are two,' he added. Another group of around 80 sea migrants, including children and two or three pregnant women, also landed in Lampedusa overnight after a 'dramatic' crossing in very rough weather, Mr Di Giacomo said. 'They were lucky to make it, given the sea conditions they faced', he said, indicating the group had left Libya on Friday on a rubber dinghy. More than 25,000 migrants have died or gone missing on the central Mediterranean route between North Africa and Italy since 2014, according to the IOM, including 1,810 last year and 542 in the year to date. – Reuters
Straits Times
6 days ago
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- Straits Times
One dead, more missing after migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa
ROME - One woman died, two people were feared missing and 87 were rescued following a migrant shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a U.N. migration agency official said on Monday. Lampedusa lies between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island of Sicily and is the first port of call for many migrants seeking to reach the EU from North Africa, in what has become one of the world's deadliest sea crossings. The migrants, initially rescued by a Tunisian fishing boat and then picked up by the Italian coastguard, arrived in Lampedusa at around 4 a.m. (0200 GMT), International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesperson Flavio Di Giacomo said. They had set off from Tunisia on a flimsy metal boat that disintegrated during navigation, he said, describing such vessels as "floating coffins". "We are trying to see if, apart from the body that was recovered, one or two people are missing. Probably there are two," he added. Another group of around 80 sea migrants, including children and two or three pregnant women, also landed in Lampedusa overnight after a "dramatic" crossing in very rough weather, Di Giacomo said. "They were lucky to make it, given the sea conditions they faced", he said, indicating that the group had left Libya on Friday on a rubber dinghy. More than 25,000 migrants have died or gone missing on the central Mediterranean route between North Africa and Italy since 2014, according to the IOM, including 1,810 last year and 542 in the year to date. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Star
6 days ago
- General
- The Star
One dead, more missing after migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa
ROME (Reuters) -One woman died, two people were feared missing and 87 were rescued following a migrant shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a U.N. migration agency official said on Monday. Lampedusa lies between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island of Sicily and is the first port of call for many migrants seeking to reach the EU from North Africa, in what has become one of the world's deadliest sea crossings. The migrants, initially rescued by a Tunisian fishing boat and then picked up by the Italian coastguard, arrived in Lampedusa at around 4 a.m. (0200 GMT), International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesperson Flavio Di Giacomo said. They had set off from Tunisia on a flimsy metal boat that disintegrated during navigation, he said, describing such vessels as "floating coffins". "We are trying to see if, apart from the body that was recovered, one or two people are missing. Probably there are two," he added. Another group of around 80 sea migrants, including children and two or three pregnant women, also landed in Lampedusa overnight after a "dramatic" crossing in very rough weather, Di Giacomo said. "They were lucky to make it, given the sea conditions they faced", he said, indicating that the group had left Libya on Friday on a rubber dinghy. More than 25,000 migrants have died or gone missing on the central Mediterranean route between North Africa and Italy since 2014, according to the IOM, including 1,810 last year and 542 in the year to date. (Reporting by Alvise ArmelliniEditing by Ros Russell)
