A boat carrying migrants crashed on the southern Italian coast shortly before reaching the safe shore. Italy’s right-wing government doesn’t want such boats to leave for the EU in the first place.
A boat with 250 migrants on board crashed into rocks a few meters off the coast of Steccato di Cutro. In the photo you can see the remains of the boat on the beach
(dpa) One day following the shipwreck off the southern Italian coast, the number of dead migrants rose to 62. Three more bodies were discovered on Monday morning, as fire brigade commander Roberto Fasano said on TV station RaiNews24. According to the Ansa news agency, some of the lifeless bodies were found in the water and on the beach a few kilometers from the Steccato di Cutro accident site. On Sunday, the authorities initially confirmed 59 dead; According to the newspaper “La Repubblica”, these included a dozen children and more than 30 women.