At least 58 people, including an infant and children, died in a boat crash off the coast of Calabria, Italy, police said.
At least 58 people, including an infant, children and several women, died after a wooden boat carrying migrants broke apart on rocks off the coast of Calabria, said the prefecture of Crotone, Manuela Curra,The death toll is provisional and likely to rise. Bad weather in that part of the Mediterranean sea is hampering search efforts by making the field of debris larger.
Around 80 people were saved from the water clinging on to pieces of the boat, Italy's fire brigade told CNN. The survivors were from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, they added. Meloni made stopping migrant boats a priority of her hard-right government. This week parliament approved new laws making it more difficult for NGOs to carry out rescues.
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