In Lampedusa alone, 2,700 migrants have been registered. Sinking of two boats kills at least seven
The Efe agency reports that at least seven dead bodies have been recovered from the Mediterranean Sea, in the Sar Maltese region of Italy. According to the ANSA agency, the bodies recovered by the Italian Coast Guard were of people who were on board two boats that sank in the Sar area of Malta.
The captain managed to save about ten people who were on board the rescue unit. Others, their number not yet determined, were picked up by a Tunisian fishing boat that was in the area and are now escorted by the Guardia di Finanza towards the port of Lampedusa.
Patrol boats and helicopters are scanning the Sar Malta area, searching for other survivors or rescue victims. It is estimated that more than 30 people are still missing.
Meanwhile, thousands of Tunisian migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean or landed on Italian shores in the past 24 hours. Republic Speaking of more than 4,000 arrivals. Italian News Agency I forget It only refers to Lampedusa, the 2,700 migrants who arrived from Tunisia.
Between March 22 and 24, according to the Tunisian Coast Guard, nine bodies of people from sub-Saharan Africa (four adults, four children and a newborn), victims of unidentified shipwrecks, were recovered.
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