At least 43 people have died after a boat carrying migrants crashed against the rocks off the coast of southern Italy early Sunday, the Italian coast guard said in a statement.
More than 170 people were on board, including children and family units, acording to UNHCR and IOM.The boat had departed from Izmir, Turkey several days ago carrying people from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia, a local government official said, per Al Jazeera.
One survivor was arrested on migrant trafficking charges, Italy's customs police said, according to Reuters."Another terrible shipwreck in the Mediterranean off the Italian coast. Dozens of people have died, many children. We mourn them and stand in solidarity with the survivors," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi"Time for States to stop arguing and to agree on just, effective, shared measures to avoid more tragedies," Grandi added.
"More people in distress will be made to suffer and more lives risk being lost because timely help is not available, if this law is passed,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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