A painful accident occurred near the beach in Italy, a boat filled with overturned migrants; 26 killed

Italy boat capsizes: A tragic accident occurred near Lampedusa Island, Italy. A boat carrying about 100 migrants here overturned on Wednesday. At least 26 people died in this accident and more than a dozen people have gone missing. Italian Coast Guard and United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has given information about the incident.

The figure of dead may increase

Philipo Ungaro, spokesperson of the United Nations Refugee High Commission in Italy, reported that 60 remaining people have been brought to a center in Lampedusa. According to the remaining people, when the boat left Libya, there were 92 to 97 migrants. Officers are still searching for the remaining people. Coast Guard said in a statement that the death toll is 26, but this figure may increase.

Accident caused by this

International migration organization spokesperson Flavio de Giacomom said on the basis of the statements of the survivors that about 95 migrants left in two boats and left Libya. He said that when one of the two started filling the water in the boat, all the passengers were transferred to another boat which was made of fiber glass and turned out to be caused by excess weight.

What do you say data?

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, 675 migrants have died in an attempt to reach Italy by the Central Mediterranean route so far this year, it does not include the latest accident. According to UNHCR data, in the first six months of 2025, 30,060 refugees and migrant reached Italy, which is 16 percent more than the same period last year.

The most terrible accident took place in 2013

The International Migration Organization (IOM) says that this irregular sea route from North Africa to southern Europe is one of the most dangerous routes in the world. In the last ten years, about 24,500 people have been killed or missing while crossing the Mediterranean. The most terrible accident occurred on 3 October 2013, when she overturned after a boat carrying more than 500 migrants of Eritrea, Somalia and Ghana. At least 368 people were killed in this accident. (AP)

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