At least 43 people, including an infant and children, died in a boat crash off the coast of Calabria, Italy, police said.
At least 43 people, including an infant, children and several women, died after a wooden boat carrying around 100 migrants broke apart on rocks off the coast of Calabria, Italian police say.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni blamed human traffickers. "It is criminal to launch a boat just 20 meters long with 200 people on board in adverse weather," she said in a statement. "It is inhumane to exchange the lives of men, women and children for the price of a ticket under the false perspective of a safe journey."
Meloni made stopping migrant boats a priority of her hard-right government. This week parliament approved new laws making it more difficult for NGOs to carry out rescues.UNHCR records show that 11,874 people have arrived in Italy so far in 2023 by sea, with 678 of them arriving at Calabria.
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