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Nine people have been reported dead after two separate migrant boats capsized in the Mediterranean. At this time, 59 people were rescued alive. The US news agency AP reported the information on Friday.
The Italian Coast Guard rescued the victims from the central Mediterranean when two boats carrying migrants sank, reports said.
In the first operation, the coast guard recovered the dead bodies of 9 migrants and 22 people alive. 37 people were rescued in the next operation.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-UNHCR, the tendency of migrants to cross the Mediterranean increases during the summer.
Italy's far-right-led government recently ordered charity boats to sail to northern ports after rescuing them. reduced their activities. Detaining boats for violating rules.
UNHCR spokesman Federico Fossi said more such incidents could happen as the summer approaches. Because at this time more and more people are going to Italy with completely unprepared boats.
According to the International Organization for Migration, 385 people have disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Italy from North Africa so far this year. Since the launch of the Missing Migrants Project in 2014, 23,109 people have gone missing.
Bangladesh /MP
