At least 45 migrants died when their wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn Sunday
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Motorboats were expected to continue searching through the night, despite worsening weather conditions.Standing next to the wreckage on the beach, a reporter for Italian RAI state TV noted a life preserver bearing the word “Smyrna,” a Turkish port also known as Izmir.Article content The rescue operation involved a helicopter and police aircraft, as well as vessels from state firefighter squads, the Coast Guard and border police. Local fishermen also joined in the search.Article contentA priest said a few of the bodies washed up on a stretch of beach near his town. “While I blessed them, I was asking why do we arrive after the deaths,” the Rev. Rosario Morrone told state TV. “We need to get there before.
In 2022, some 105,000 migrants arrived on Italian shores, some 38,000 more than in 2021, according to Interior Ministry figures. She vowed to crack down on departures arranged by human smugglers and to press fellow European Union leaders to help.Article content“Condemning only the smugglers, as the center-right is doing now, is hypocrisy,â³ said Laura Ferrara, a European Parliament lawmaker from the populist 5-Star Movement.
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Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; 43 dead, 80 survivorsAt least 43 migrants perished when their overcrowded wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs just off southern Italy at dawn Sunday, the Italian Coast Guard said.
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Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; dozens dead, 80 surviveAt least 45 migrants died when their wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn Sunday
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Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; dozens dead, 80 surviveAt least 45 migrants died when their wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn Sunday
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Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; dozens dead, 80 surviveAt least 43 migrants died when their overcrowded wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn Sunday, the Italian coast guard said. Survivors reportedly indicated that dozens more could be missing.
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