Mediterranean migrant shipwreck leaves 64 missing
Italian coast guard said on Monday they were looking for missing migrants following a shipwreck in the Mediterranean sea.
The U.N. Refugee agency UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said in a joint statement that the shipwreck took place about 200 km (125 miles) east of the Italian region of Calabria, as a boat that had set off from Turkey eight days earlier caught fire and overturned.
They said 64 people were missing at sea, while 11 were rescued and taken ashore to the Calabrian town of Roccella Ionica by the Italian coast guard, along with the body of a woman.
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How do they know how many were onboard ? 🤔
Because migrants put as many as possible on , so they just work out the yardage 😂
How many made it across today?
It’s harsh but they knew the risk and decided to take them…
Oh no….anyways