Desk Report
Publish: 25 Jan 2022, 06:28 pm
Photo: Reuters
At least seven
migrants who were on a boat heading for the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa
have died of hypothermia, Italy's ANSA news agency reported on Tuesday.
The coastguard
sighted the boat some 24 miles (50 km) off the coast of Lampedusa overnight and
found three bodies on board, while another four people died shortly before
docking into port, according to ANSA.
Lampedusa Mayor
Salvatore Martello confirmed the death toll, adding the vessel was carrying 280
migrants, mainly from Bangladesh and Egypt.
Italy, a major
route into Europe for hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and other
migrants, has seen an increase in migrant boats in recent months.
As of January 24,
1,751 migrants have disembarked in Italy's ports so far this year, according to
government data._Reuters
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