A total 17 were rescued on Sunday after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya capsized in bad weather
A piece of the boat and a piece of clothing from a eadly migrant shipwreck are seen in Steccato di Cutro near Crotone, Italy, in this February 28 2023 file photo. Picture: REMO CASILLI/REUTERS
Alarm Phone, a charity that picks up calls from migrant vessels in distress, assumed the 30 people were dead and blamed Italy for not sending its coastguard despite being repeatedly alerted on Saturday that the boat was in trouble. “We have always argued that it’s necessary to stop the departures of unseaworthy vessels,” he told Il Messaggero daily on Monday.
Earlier on Sunday, the Mediterranea Saving Humans charity had tweeted that according to several sources, the vessel, travelling in the direction of Italy, had capsized about 177km northwest of Benghazi. Rome’s ability to rescue migrants at sea has come under scrutiny after last month’s shipwreck and the issue is piling pressure on the right-wing government, which took office in October 2022 promising to curb the influx of migrants.
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