FIJ
A yet-to-be-named Nigerian, alongside 37 other persons, died in sea accidents which occurred on the Mediterranean Sea during Easter.
The remains of the Nigerian was found on “a seven-meter-long boat rescued by the Coast Guard Sunday off Lampedusa,” Info Migrant reported.
Resqship, a German charity, rescued two other corpses at sea and took them to Lampedusa alongside 22 survivors.
At least 38 sea travelers drowned at Maltese and off the coast of Tunisia from Friday to Monday, according to Info Migrant. Within the same period, the search and rescue team saved the lives of about 2,000 people.
“The Italian Coast Guard intervened to rescue two large boats: one fishing boat with 800 migrants onboard located over 120 miles southeast of Syracuse and another with 400 onboard in the Italian search and rescue area southeast of Capo Passero,” the paper reported.
“The rescue operations southeast of Syracuse were coordinated by Italy’s Nave Peluso vessel, along with the support of three patrol boats and a nearby mercantile ship.
