According to Italian media, at least forty people died in a shipwreck that occurred off the coast of Calabria. According to the newspaper La Repubblica, many minors and a newborn child died in this new tragedy of “desperate sailors” near the city of Crotona.

First aid to immigrants and refugees (originating mainly from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan) was provided by the Italian economic police, who rescued fifty people.

His speedboats continue to search for survivors, while the Italian Red Cross provides assistance to those rescued.

Information Agency Adnkronos reported that more than 100 people were on board the boat with migrants, and about 50 people were rescued. The ship, which was carrying migrants from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, crashed on the rocks due to bad weather. Adnkronos.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters, AFP.}