Two dead, 30 missing after migrant shipwrecks off Italy's Lampedusa

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Two people died, dozens were missing at sea and 57 were rescued after two migrant shipwrecks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa

In a separate operation, 34 migrants were airlifted by helicopter from a cliff in Lampedusa on which they had been stranded since late Friday following another shipwreck, the Italian mountain rescue service said.Italy is experiencing a surge in sea migration, with almost 92,000 arrivals so far this year, according to interior ministry data as of Friday, compared with around 43,000 in the same period in 2022.

Ansa cited survivors as saying one vessel was carrying 48 people and the second 42. Survivors and bodies were picked up 23 nautical miles south-west of Lampedusa, it said.Provincial police chief Emanuele Ricifari was quoted by local news websiteas saying that whoever allowed the migrants to sail in such bad weather "is a crazy criminal with no scruples".

 

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