Rescuers have to date confirmed no less than 64 individuals have been killed after a sailboat sank in heavy seas close to Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort on the jap coast of Calabria. Eighty individuals had been rescued and extra individuals have been believed to be lacking.

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“With nice disappointment, we discovered … that 80 Afghan refugees, together with girls and kids, who have been travelling from Türkiye to Italy in a picket boat, drowned and died within the southern sea of ​​Italy,” the Afghan international affairs ministry stated in an announcement.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan prays for forgiveness for the martyrs and endurance for the households and kin of the victims, urging all residents as soon as once more to keep away from going to international international locations by way of irregular migration,” the assertion added, referring to the Taliban’s title for its authorities.

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The boat had set sail from the port of Izmir in western Turkey. The U.N. refugee company has stated nearly half of arrivals by sea between Turkey and Italy final 12 months have been Afghans.