The wreckage from a boat washes ashore at a beach near Cutro in southern Italy on February 26, 2023. Advertising Read more"As of a few minutes ago, the number of confirmed victims was 59," Crotone Mayor Vincenzo Voce told Italian TV channel Sky TG-24. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said some 200 migrants had been crowded into a 20-metre-long boat. Italy's coast guard, which was coordinating the rescue, said about 120 migrants were believed to have been on board. Many of these boats, including sailboats, often reach remote stretches of Italy's long southern coastline unaided by the coast guard or humanitarian rescue vessels.

Source: Libya Today February 27, 2023 01:00 UTC