ROME—Two minors were found dead Friday on a migrant boat carrying nearly 40 people in the Mediterranean Sea and a search was under way for a woman reported missing from the vessel, Italy’s coast guard said. A coast guard statement said 36 people were found alive on the boat, which had been reportedly disabled by…
Spain: 1 Dead, 24 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes
MADRID—A boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain’s Canary Islands, leaving one person dead and another 24 missing, authorities said. The vessel overturned sometime between Monday afternoon and early Tuesday, Spain’s marine rescue service said. Spanish rescuers intercepted three boats heading to the islands, rescuing a total of 116 people, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press….
Migrant Boat With 10 Dead Bodies Arrives in Sicily
ROME—A boat carrying the bodies of 10 migrants found dead at sea arrived in Sicily on Friday, along with dozens of people it rescued this week as they tried to cross the Mediterranean. The crew of the Geo Barents vessel, run by charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), found the corpses on an overcrowded boat 30…
Italian Coast Guard Find Bodies Near Migrant Boat Wreck
The Italian Coast Guard on Friday released underwater images of a migrant boat that sank near the island of Lampedusa on June 30. The packed, 8-metre (25-foot) boat capsized just as coast guard rescue crews were arriving, and seven bodies were soon pulled from the sea, while 46 people were rescued. The death toll from…
Tunisian Divers Find Another Body From Migrant Boat; 22 Dead
TUNIS, Tunisia—Navy divers recovered another body on Saturday from a migrant boat that floundered and sunk off the coast of eastern Tunisia, bringing to 22 the number of known dead, including nine women and a baby, as police searched for the smuggler. An estimated 40 people were aboard the boat which sank Friday off the…
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