A total of 41 people died in a new shipwreck registered in the last hours off the Italian island of Lampedusa, in southern Italy, according to testimonies from four survivors rescued by a coast guard patrol.
The rescued, who are in a state of shock, explained to the authorities that the boat had left Sfax, in Tunisia, and that, after about six hours of navigation, it capsized due to a large wave and people, including three children, fell overboard, local media report.
The landings do not stop at Lampedusa, in whose reception center, with a capacity for 300 people, more than 1,500 are concentrated, after the transfer of migrants from the island to the Italian peninsula has begun.
According to the most recent statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), since the beginning of 2023, more than 87,000 migrants have landed illegally in Italy, mainly by boat from Tunisia, with many others arriving on Italian soil from Italy. Libya.
The central Mediterranean, between North Africa and Italy, is the most dangerous migration route in the world, with more than 20,000 deaths since 2014, according to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Source: TSF
