Over 40 migrants drown off Italian coast

More than 40 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea Photo: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency

More than 40 migrants reportedly drowned after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean as they tried to reach Italy.

Reports of the latest migrant tragedy were provided by only four crash survivors who were taken to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.

They informed the Italian authorities that the seven-meter metal boat left the port of Sfax in Tunisia last Thursday.

But after about six hours at sea, a large wave covered it.

There were 45 migrants on board , including three children, and 41 of them drowned, survivors say.

Four survivors from Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea were rescued on Tuesday by a passing bulk carrier named Rimona.

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It is reported that the crew of the Rimona did not see any bodies in the water, most likely because the survivors sailed away from the scene of the tragedy. overturning by ocean currents.

This morning, three men and a woman were transferred from the ship to an Italian Coast Guard patrol boat and taken to Lampedusa, south of Sicily.

So. this year more than 90,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Italy from the coast of North Africa, with a record number of migrants coming from Tunisia.