Italian Biggest News: Scattered in the Mediterranean 400 Somalis. Mattarella: tragedy that should make us think

Monday, April 18, 2016

Scattered in the Mediterranean 400 Somalis. Mattarella: tragedy that should make us think – Il Sole 24 Ore

History of the article

This article was published April 18, 2016 at 10:49 hours.
the last change is the April 18, 2016 at 12:31 hours.

More than 400 migrants, mostly Somalis, are missing – and they would be drowned – in Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe’s southern shores. It is reported as the “BBC Arabic” citing “Egyptian relations,” according to which migrants “were aboard four boats smashed.” For its part, the BBC correspondent in Kenya has made it known that he had spoken with relatives of three young Somali of the same family who would be among the migrants drowned, while the Somali ambassador to Egypt has confirmed the incident, stating that ‘ embassy is considering the position to be taken over the incident. Social media circulates the unconfirmed report that drowned migrants were from Egypt parties and were headed for Italy. Some Somalis users have shared a photo of a handwritten list, which would contain the names of the victims.

Mattarella “Tragedy that should make us think”
On social media circulates the unconfirmed report that drowned migrants were from Egypt parties and were headed for Italy. Some Somalis users have shared a photo of a handwritten list, which would contain the names of the victims. The probable shipwreck and disperni spoke this morning the president of the Republic Sergio Mattarella that during the presentation ceremony of the candidates to the Awards “David di Donatello” for the year 2016 stressed that “the sea tragedies in which they lose hundreds of migrant life like that happened today, on the very day of the anniversary of that which killed 800 people, we must make us think. “

Yesterday rescue at sea for 108 direct migrants in Italy
Meanwhile, last night, six bodies were recovered on a load of migrants boat, heading for Italy, which it was located in the Channel of Sicily, about 20 miles from the Libyan coast. During the operation, coordinated by the Coast Guard operations center of Rome, 108 people, including five women were saved.