New shipwreck off the coast of the Italian island of lampedusa and a new tragedy with dozens of deaths in the Mediterranean.
In this case, 41 immigrants have died when his small boat, coming from the town of Sfax, Tunisiasank in the Sicilian channel.
As reported by the Italian agency Ansa, there are four survivors, three men and one woman, rescued by a Maltese-flagged civil boat that has transferred them to a patrol boat in the italian coast guard.
The four survivors, originally from Ivory Coast and Guinea Konakryhave been transferred to the port of Lampedusa.
In their statement, the rescued explained that among the 45 immigrants who were traveling in the wrecked boat there were three children, who would have drowned.
The boat was seven meters long and capsized after six hours of navigation due to the hit of a big wave.
All the immigrants on board ended up at sea. Only 15 of them had life jackets, although they still drowned.
The survivors were rescued on Tuesday, after spending several days at sea. Neither the civil boat that rescued them nor the patrol boat of the Coast Guard They have found the bodies of the other passengers of the wrecked boat.
