More than 400 refugees most from Somalia ‘drown in Mediterranean’ after boats capsize crossing from Egypt to Italy

A boat carrying more than 400 migrants , mostly Somalis (but there would also Ethiopians and Eritreans ) , capsized in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe’s southern shores . Fears for a new massacre at sea with hundreds of deaths . This was reported by the BBC Arabic that migrants ” were aboard four boats smashed ” . The BBC correspondent in Kenya has made it known that he had spoken with relatives of three young Somali of the same family who would be among the drowned migrants . The Somali ambassador to Egypt said they are doing checks on the incident . According to the Somali press, rescue teams managed to rescue only 29 people . Social media circulated the news , still unconfirmed , that hli drowned were left Egypt and headed for Italy .
Even the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said the new tragedia.del sea: ” Do we really need to think , today , faced with a great tragedy which killed hundreds of people , to one year from the tragedy in which they 800 died , ” he said during the presentation ceremony of the candidates for the David di Donatello awards .

And begin the reactions from the political world . For the secretary of the League Northern Matteo Salvini : ” They sink boats in the Mediterranean , 400 missing migrants . More blood on the conscience of the people smugglers , more blood on the conscience of the invasion good fake political accomplices
Secondo il ministro degli Esteri Paolo Gentiloni il naufragio di queste ore è: “Una ragione in piu’ per noi per dire all’Europa che in questo momento non deve innalzare muri, ma moltiplicare i propri sforzi: oggi inizieremo qui a discutere questo ‘migration compact’ che l’Italia ha proposto all’Ue”.

Intanto sei cadaveri sono stati recuperati ieri sera su un gommone carico di profughi diretto verso l’Italia che si trovava nel Canale di Sicilia, a circa 20 miglia dalle coste libiche. Nel corso dell’operazione sono state salvate 108 persone.
And this morning the prefect Vittorio Piscitelli, Special Commissioner of the Government for missing persons said that “the ship asked by the Navy to carry out the recovery of the fishing vessel, loaded with migrants sank exactly one year ago off the Libyan coast, is navigating to that sea zone. the operations should be concluded with the hooking and transporting this wreck in the port of Augusta, near the end of April. Then it will begin the work of recovering bodies from the boat, to make them available of forensic teams, “he told Voices of Radio 1 Rai morning. “The number of dead there are no reliable figures – stressed Piscitelli – Some survivors spoke of 700-800 people in the boat. We, off the ship, we found 169 bodies,

while the Navy, considering the size of the hull, estimated that in the hold can be between 200 and 400 bodies. Of course, given how the smugglers treat immigrants, the risk is higher that the number exists but of course we hope that is not so. ”

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