30 irregular immigrants disappeared in the Mediterranean

17 irregular migrants were rescued as a result of a migrant ship capsizing off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean, while 30 people were reported missing.

In a written statement made last night by the Italian Coast Guard Command, a rescue operation was carried out on an overturned boat some 100 miles off the coast of Libya, following the call from the civil organization called “Telephone alarm”, which announced the calls. for the help of migrants in the Mediterranean, on social networks, and the request for support from the Libyan authorities, he specified.

It was noted that 17 people on the boat, which reportedly had 47 people in the operation, were rescued, but 30 people were missing. It was reported that the patrol plane of the European Union (EU) Border Protection Agency (Frontex) continues to operate from the sea in order to find the missing irregular migrants.

Two of the survivors will reportedly be evacuated to Malta as they need urgent medical attention.

In the Italian Coast Guard statement, it was stated that the rescue operation in question was outside the limits of the Italian search and rescue zone, while it was noted that other relevant national maritime rescue and coordination centers were indifferent to the issue.

Meanwhile, left-wing opposition parties in Italy, especially the non-governmental organization Alarm Phone, reacted against the right-wing coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni on the grounds that it was too late to mount a rescue operation in this latest tragedy. .

On the other hand, the number of people who died in the migrant boat disaster off the coast of the Italian town of Steccato di Cutro on February 26, another incident in which opposition circles harshly criticized the government for failing to save immigrants, rose to 79. Italian security forces removed the bodies of 3 more people from the sea yesterday, after the incident that occurred two weeks ago. (AA)