Italian authorities have reported that 41 migrants are believed to have lost their lives in a shipwreck in the central Mediterranean. The survivors, who have been brought to the island of Lampedusa, shared their accounts with rescuers. According to local public prosecutor Salvatore Vella, the survivors revealed that they were on a boat carrying a total of 45 individuals, including three children. An investigation has been launched by Mr. Vella’s office to further probe the incident.
The ill-fated boat, measuring seven meters in length, departed from Sfax in Tunisia, a hotspot in the migrant crisis. It tragically capsized and sank a few hours later due to a large wave, as stated by the survivors to the Italian news agency Ansa. Fortunately, the Sea-Watch charity rescue group’s surveillance plane spotted the survivors being rescued by a cargo ship. They were subsequently transferred to an Italian coast guard vessel and brought to Lampedusa, where they recounted their harrowing experience. The survivors shared that they were among the few individuals who had life jackets on the sunken boat and had to remain in the water until they found an empty boat, as mentioned in a statement by Sea-Watch.
File image of migrants on board an NGO rescue boat heading to Lampedusa island. Photo: REUTERS/Juan Medina.
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