This Search for missing immigrants after the shipwreck this Sunday off the coast of Crotone (south) in the Calabria region. Italy) continues this Mondayas new vehicles are added to the overnight operations, for now 62 bodies found And 81 people were rescued.
Search operations are carried out in the Harbor Master and Finance Responsibility and from the early hours of the morning. divers and helicopter are also usedMore victims are feared, as survivors have announced that there were around 200 migrants from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Syria on the boat that left the Turkish coast four days ago.
Three more bodies were found this Monday morningOne man was found on the beach next to the shipwreck, another was found at sea by the Coast Guard patrol boat, about 400 meters offshore, and the third was found at Le Castella, 3.5 nautical miles from the ship. crash site, detailed local media
Among the deaths recorded so far, 14 littleAccording to the Ministry of Interior, 33 women, including numerous children and a newborn baby.
of the survivors 19 people were hospitalizedthe remainder were transferred to the reception center in the nearby town of Isola di Capo Rizutto.
According to preliminary reports, the boat split in two after colliding with a rock, possibly due to rough seas off the town of Steccato di Cutro, in the province of Crotone.
At least three people were detained, including a Turkish citizen who was on the boat. alleged members of a human trafficking organization According to local media, who arranged the boat’s voyage from Turkey despite the adverse weather conditions.
According to the information received from the immigrants that Doctors Without Borders provided psychological help, the boat left the country. 4 days ago, with 177 people on board.
While the disappeared were sought, political debate reignited in the wake of the tragedy because at that time there were no NGO rescue boats in the central Mediterranean due to the new rules imposed by the far-right government of Giorgia Meloni.
For example, Médecins Sans Frontières reported that the ship Geo Barents was blocked in the port of Ancona (centre) for violating the controversial Government decree regarding NGO ships.
But Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi’s response was: “Immigrants should not leave in these weather conditions”.
President Sergio Mattarella said:a strong commitment from the international community to eliminate the root causes of migrant flows; uninhabitable lands due to wars, atrocities, terrorism, poverty, climate change”.
And he invited the European Union to provide more assistance to Italy in managing the migration flow.
“It is equally important that the European Union finally takes on the special responsibility of managing the phenomenon of migration in order to keep it away from human traffickers, dedicates itself directly to migration policies, and supports cooperation for the development of the countries from which young people come. People are forced to leave because they have no hope,” he said.