Migrant shipwrecks off Italy leave 11 dead, more than 60 missing

Eleven people died and more than 60 were missing, including 26 children, following two migrant shipwrecks off Italy’s southern shores, aid groups, coastguard officials and UN agencies said yesterday according to Reuters. German aid group RESQSHIP, which operates the Nadir rescue boat, said it picked up 51 people from a sinking wooden boat, including two who were unconscious, and found ten bodies trapped in the lower deck of the vessel. 🔴(2/2) The unconscious are currently receiving medical attention and await a critically needed emergency evacuation. The 10 dead are in the flooded lower deck of the boat. Our thoughts are with their families. We are angry and sad. #FortressEurope kills. pic.twitter.com/o9y1gihfhs — RESQSHIP (@resqship_int) June 17, 2024 Survivors were handed […]