At least 59 migrants have been killed in a shipwreck off the coast of ItalyEnlarge this image toggle caption Giuseppe Pipita/AP Giuseppe Pipita/APROME — A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart before dawn Sunday off the Italian coast, authorities said. At least 80 people were found alive, including some who reached the shore after the shipwreck just off Calabria's coastline along the Ionian Sea, the Italian Coast Guard said. One man was taken into custody for questioning after fellow survivors indicated he was a trafficker, state TV said. Italian state TV quoted survivors as saying the boat had set out five days earlier from Turkey. In 2022, some 105,000 migrants arrived on Italian shores, some 38,000 more than in 2021, according to Interior Ministry figures.

Source: Libya Today February 27, 2023 01:04 UTC