About fifty migrants are missing due to the capsizing of the sailing boat on which they were travelling, about a hundred miles from the coast of Calabria. A merchant vessel came to the rescue of the vessel and subsequently transferred the 12 surviving migrants to a Coast Guard unit which then landed in Roccella Ionica. The body of a woman who died after falling into the sea also arrived in port. The search for the missing people has now been activated, but, at the moment, none have been recovered. The migrants traveling on board the boat had left a port in Türkiye in recent days. Among the 12 people who arrived in Roccella Ionica there is also a pregnant woman. The Locri Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is coordinating the investigative activity, was informed of what happened. (HANDLE)
Doctors Without Borders also supports the project
Since this morning the Doctors Without Borders team in Rocella Jonica, where the organization has been present since 2022, has mobilized to offer assistance to the people who survived the latest shipwreck which occurred last night in the Ionian Sea. At the moment the MSF team has supported first aid activities for 12 people, including a woman who died shortly after disembarkation due to the serious medical conditions she was in. The survivors are now receiving medical care in local facilities. The team is taking action to offer psychological assistance to all survivors.
