Rome. 61 refugees, including a newborn baby, died when a boat capsized off the coast of Calabria, Italy. These refugees are said to have come from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq. According to Italy’s ANSA news agency, 28 bodies have been found on the Calabria coast beach. Other bodies have been recovered from the sea. According to reports, there were more than 100 refugees on the boat. All of them were going to Europe illegally. Out of which 50 people have been rescued.
As refugees from Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq were coming to Italy by water, the boat was said to have broken into two pieces due to bad weather. As soon as the information about the incident was received, the rescue team reached the beach. 50 people have been rescued. The search for others continues. Italy is the main landing point for people trying to enter Europe by sea. Every year more than 1 million refugees reach Italy by boat. This route is called the Mediterranean route. This is the most dangerous road in the world. According to some monitoring groups, more than 20,000 people have died or gone missing on this route since 2014.
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