Two wrecks of migrant ships in the Mediterranean have claimed as many as 245 lives, including those of at least five children, according to survivor accounts given to U.N. agencies and authorities in Sicily, where dozens of rescued migrants were taken. The U.N. agency said one woman and six men were rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard. The International Organization for Migration, in separate remarks, gave a lower estimate of the total number of migrant lives lost — 190 — in the two shipwrecks. The IOM said 41,196 migrants have arrived in Italy this year, up from around 31,000 in the same period last year. The figure for the Mediterranean as a whole, including Greece, Cyprus and Spain, was 49,310 as of Sunday.

Source: ABC News May 09, 2017 08:37 UTC