Roughly a dozen dead in suspected Mediterranean migration accident
Roughly a dozen suspected migrants have died during a failed travel attempt in Mediterranean waters on Monday, German aid group Resqship said. The group wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Resqship crew were "caring" for 51 people evacuated off the boat. "The rescue came too late for 10 people,” according to the post. "Two of whom were unconscious - they had to be cut free with an axe," the group says online. The southern Italian island – close to North Africa – is a well known target destination for people-smuggling, with 127,000 migrants making landfall last year. Meanwhile, the Italian coast guar...