The refugees, together with two infants and a baby, ‘died of thirst, starvation and extreme burns’, the UNHCR has stated.
Six Syrian refugees, together with two infants and a baby, have been discovered lifeless on a migrant boat that arrived within the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, the United Nations refugee company (UNHCR) has stated.
“They died of thirst, starvation and extreme burns. That is unacceptable,” the UNHCR’s consultant to Italy, Chiara Cardoletti, wrote on Twitter. “Strengthening rescue at sea is the one option to forestall these tragedies.”
The UNHCR stated in an announcement the lifeless have been amongst a bunch of 26 individuals who had been on the boat for days. It added that two of the lifeless youngsters have been aged one or two, whereas the opposite little one was 12.
The our bodies of a mom and a grandmother have been additionally recovered.
One other girl and her daughter have been airlifted from the boat to a hospital on the close by island of Malta on Sunday, the UNHCR stated.
The UN company stated greater than 1,200 individuals have died or vanished this yr whereas attempting to cross the Mediterranean and attain Europe.
Six extra migrant our bodies discovered off Tunisia
In the meantime, six extra our bodies have been recovered off the Tunisian coast, the inside ministry stated on Monday, elevating the loss of life toll to 12 after a ship carrying migrants capsized final week.
A complete of 37 Tunisians had boarded the boat from close to the coastal metropolis of Sfax in a clandestine bid to succeed in the Italian coast, based on a safety supply.
The makeshift vessel capsized on Tuesday night time final week off Mahdia, a coastal city in jap Tunisia.
The most recent restoration, on Sunday, comes after six extra our bodies have been retrieved on Thursday – though authorities had initially reported the quantity at eight.
Fourteen individuals have been rescued, leaving 11 nonetheless lacking.
Tunisia is a key departure level for migrants looking for to succeed in the Italian island of Lampedusa, simply 130km (80 miles) away, typically in vessels which are barely seaworthy.
The summer time months additionally are likely to see larger numbers of individuals making such journeys, and based on official figures, Tunisian authorities have intercepted some 500 individuals in latest days.
Whereas lots of these trying the journey are from elsewhere in Africa or additional afield, a grinding financial disaster has pushed rising numbers of Tunisians to try the crossing.
The European Union’s Frontex border company says greater than 42,500 migrants and refugees used the Central Mediterranean route between January and July, up 44 p.c in contrast with the primary seven months of 2021.
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