About 20 migrants reported missing after boat capsizes off Italy
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Rome: About 20 migrants are believed to be missing after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean this week, the U.N. refugee agency and the Italian c...
Rome: About 20 migrants are believed to be missing after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean this week, the U.N. refugee agency and the Italian coast guard said Wednesday.
Seven Syrians were rescued and taken to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, Italian rescuers said.
The coast guard said local officials spotted their sinking boat around 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Lampedusa and a patrol boat rescued the survivors.
Chiara Cardoletti, the UNHCR representative to Italy, said on X that the seven survivors were "in critical condition and many have lost their relatives."
Survivors said they had left Libya on Sept. 1, the coast guard said in a statement.
