11 migrants survive shipwreck off Italian coast, with search for missing still ongoing

Published 2024-06-17
64 people were missing at sea after a shipwreck off the Italian southern coast on Monday, United Nations' agencies said in a statement. In the shipwreck, which took place about 200 kilometers off Calabria, a boat that had set off from Turkey eight days earlier caught fire and overturned, the U.N. agencies said, citing survivors. The Italian Red Cross said overall 12 people were rescued although one person died.

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