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Migrants: 239 missing in two shipwrecks

The numbers are confirmed not only by the 29 survivors who arrived in Lampedusa, but also by Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the UNHCR, the UN agency for refugees.- At present, 12 bodies have been recovered.

Migrants: 239 missing in two shipwrecks

There could be 239 victims of the shipwreck that occurred yesterday 25 miles north of the Libyan coast. The dinghy on which the migrants were traveling would have capsized, due to the force four sea.

To confirm the numbers, not only the 29 survivors who arrived in Lampedusa, but also Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for the UNHCR, the UN agency for refugees who, through a tweet, let it be known that, according to the report of two survivors, the missing would be "at least 239". At the moment, 12 bodies have been recovered.

 “Enough of these massacres, we risk a real genocide. We must start the humanitarian corridors immediately, otherwise we will never stop counting dead”. This is the comment of Giusi Nicolini, mayor of Lampedusa.

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