The bodies of five refugees who died after a boat capsized off Italy's Lampedusa coast a week ago have been found, bringing the death toll to 18
Rescue workers bring bodies to shore after a migrant boat capsized off the Italian coast, on the island of Lampedusa, Italy November 24, 2019.
The bodies of five migrants who died when a boat capsized in rough waters off the southern Lampedusa coast a week ago have been found, Italy’s coast guard said on Sunday, bringing the overall death toll to 18.The Lampedusa coast guard managed to bring safely onshore 147 migrants after the accident on November 23.
After the new bout of bad weather blocked search operations for several days, on Sunday six coast guard divers helped by a remotely-operated submarine found four bodies underwater and a fifth one floating.“We’re alone in rescuing their bodies at sea, in weeping for them and burying them. We’re surrounded by silence and indifference.”
Prosecutors in the Sicilian town of Agrigento are investigating the accident. A judicial source said that based on interviews with the survivors the missing people were mostly Tunisian, Algerian and Pakistani. More than 1,100 migrants have died or are missing at sea after attempting to cross the Mediterranean this year, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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