Drama off Lampedusa
Refugees rescued from boat with axe – many dead
The sailing ship "Nadir" from the German NGO "Resqship" rescued a boat with 61 migrants off the coast of Lampedusa on Monday night. For ten of them, all help came too late.
"The unconscious people received medical treatment and are awaiting emergency evacuation. Our thoughts are with their families. We are angry and sad", said the aid organization.
Ten people were found dead in the flooded lower deck of the boat, explained "Resqship" on X. The NGO crew evacuated the other 51 people, two of whom were unconscious and had to be freed with an axe.
The rescued boat was full of water and had a broken engine. In consultation with the authorities, it was transferred to Lampedusa.
Fewer migrants using the Mediterranean route to Italy
Compared to the previous year, the number of migrants arriving in Italy via the central Mediterranean, mostly from Tunisia and Libya, has decreased. The Ministry of the Interior in Rome counted just under 23,235 people who reached Italy by sea this year. In the same period last year, the figure was 55,662.
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