Tragedy strikes as 41 lives lost in migrant shipwreck near Italian islandThe Red Cross has given them food, drink, clothes, and emergency thermal blankets, but because of the high waves, the coastguard has been unable to save them at sea. They further told the Red Cross that the migrant boat left Stax, Tunisia several days ago. However, they were also wearing life jackets and were able to crawl on remnants of a different shipwrecked boat, according to the Red Cross. The Red Cross has given them food, drink, clothes, and emergency thermal blankets, but because of the high waves, the coastguard has been unable to save them at sea. Lampedusa is the closest Italian island to Africa and is a major destination for migrants seeking to enter European Union countries, according to CNN.
