Tag: Charlie Yaxley
Bodies of 13 women found after migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean
Italian coastguards recovered the bodies of 13 women who died after a crowded migrant boat capsized in heavy weather as rescue boats approached it off the coast of Lampedusa, an island south of Sicily, local authorities said on Monday. The coastguard said rescue vessels had picked up 22 survivors, but they feared many other people ...At least 60 rescued, 40 feared killed or missing in shipwreck off Libya – UNHCR
About 40 people are feared dead or missing after the latest wreck of a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe off the coast of Libya, while about 60 people may have been rescued, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. “Terrible news coming in of potentially large loss of life in a shipwreck off the ...Latest Mediterranean migrants’ shipwreck takes death toll to over 600 this year
The latest shipwreck in the Mediterranean takes the death toll of migrants to over 600 this year, putting 2019 on track to be the sixth year in a row with more than 1,000 deaths, UNHCR spokesman Charlie Yaxley has said. About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued ...Migrants: About 115 feared dead, 134 rescued in after worst Mediterranean shipwreck of the year
About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya, a Libyan navy official said on Thursday. Earlier, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said that up to 150 people were feared dead. “The worst ...
