Key takeaways:
- 41 migrants died in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea last week.
- The boat was carrying 45 people, including three children, when it capsized and sank.
- The tragedy is yet another reminder of the dangers of the Mediterranean Sea, which has become a major route for migrants seeking to reach Europe.
Forty-one migrants died in a tragic shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea last week, according to accounts from four survivors who have just reached the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The survivors, three men and a woman from Ivory Coast and Guinea, said they were on a boat carrying 45 people, including three children, when it capsized and sank after a few hours of departure from the city of Sfax in Tunisia.
The boat had set off on Thursday morning from Sfax, a notorious hotbed for migrant smuggling, the Ansa news agency reported. The survivors were rescued by a cargo ship and then transferred onto an Italian coast guard vessel.
The tragedy is yet another reminder of the dangers of the Mediterranean Sea, which has become a major route for migrants seeking to reach Europe. The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 1,000 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean this year alone.
The Italian government has been working to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, but the tragedy last week shows that much more needs to be done to ensure the safety of those who are attempting the dangerous journey.
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