The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Search for survivors after migrant boat sinks off Lampedusa - General News

2024-02-02T09:29:53.918Z

Highlights: Search for survivors after migrant boat sinks off Lampedusa. The Coast Guard managed to save 49 people after the shipwreck. There were 500 people at Lampingusa's migrant hotspot early on Friday, 350 of whom were set to be transferred from Italy's southernmost island later in the day. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © Copyright ANSA. All rights reserved. For confidential. support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local. Samaritans branch or click here for details.


A big search operation to find survivors continued on Friday after an eight-metre-long migrant boat sank in waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday. The Coast Guard managed to save 49 people after the shipwreck. (HANDLE)


A big search operation to find survivors continued on Friday after an eight-metre-long migrantboat sank in waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday.


   The Coast Guard managed to save 49 people after the shipwreck.


   There were 500 people at Lampedusa's migrant hotspot early on Friday, 350 of whom were set to be transferred from Italy's southernmost island later in the day.


   Photo: an archive image of migrants arriving on Lampedusa.



ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA

Source: ansa

All news articles on 2024-02-02

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.