The Italian Coast Guard on Friday rescued more than 100 migrants and recovered two bodies after a sailboat ran aground near a jetty in southern Italy. One diver shouted, “Jump, jump!” and “Bravo!” to try to boost the man’s courage. In all, 108 migrants had been aboard the double-masted sailboat, which had beached and overturned on a sandy shore adjacent to the jetty, the coast guard said. A police helicopter and an Italian coast guard helicopter searched the waters near the jetty in case there were any other survivors or victims, but the coast guard said no one appeared to be missing. Italian state TV said most of the migrants were from Afghanistan.

Source: Libya Today May 07, 2022 11:03 UTC