64 lacking, at the very least 11 useless after 2 shipwrecks off Italian coast

Sixty-four folks have been lacking at sea after a shipwreck off the Italian southern coast on Monday, whereas 11 have been rescued and brought ashore to a Calabrian city, United Nations’ businesses stated in a press release.

In a separate shipwreck, rescue staff discovered 10 our bodies of suspected migrants trapped beneath the deck of a picket boat off Italy’s tiny Lampedusa island, the German help group Resqship wrote on Monday on the social media platform X, previously Twitter.

Within the first shipwreck, which came about about 125 miles off Calabria, a ship that had set off from Turkey eight days earlier caught hearth and overturned, the UN businesses stated, citing survivors.

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The search-and-rescue operation began following a Mayday name by a French boat, the Italian Coast Guard stated in a press release. The boat was crusing in a border space the place Greece and Italy perform search-and-rescue operations. Survivors and folks nonetheless lacking at sea got here from Iran, Syria and Iraq, the U.N. businesses stated.

The Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Middle instantly diverted two service provider vessels crusing close by to the scene of the rescue. Belongings from the European Border and Coast Guard Company Frontex additionally helped.

The survivors have been dropped at the Calabrian port of Roccella Jonica, the place they have been disembarked and entrusted to the care of medical personnel. One of many migrants died quickly after, the coast guard stated.

Within the second shipwreck, the crew aboard Resqship’s boat, the Nadir, discovered 61 folks on the picket boat, which was filled with water.

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“Our crew was capable of evacuate 51 folks, two of whom have been unconscious,” it added. “The ten useless have been within the flooded decrease deck of the boat.”