Woman dies after migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa

Published on: Thursday 04 May 2023

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 5 - A woman from Guinea drowned in waters off Lampedusa on Friday after the boat she was travelling on capsized. 46 other people also on board were rescued by finance police and disembarked together with the body on the tiny Sicilian island. The rescued migrants and refugees said they were from Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Gambia, Mali and Senegal, and included 12 women and 5 minors. Their 7-m boat reportedly...

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Woman dies after migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa