More Than 100 Migrants Die in Capsized Boat Off Italy Coast

There are fears more than 100 migrants including children, have died after their boat Capsized off Southern Italy.

At least 63 migrants are confirmed to have died, with 12 children including a baby said to be among the victims.

The vessel, thought to have carried some 200 people, broke apart while trying to land near Crotone on Sunday.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has urged EU institutions to take action to stop clandestine migrant boat journeys.

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Bodies were recovered from the beach at a nearby seaside resort in the Calabria region.

The coastguard said 80 people had been found alive, “including some who managed to reach the shore after the sinking”, meaning many more remained unaccounted for.

Many of those on board were thought to be from Pakistan. Its prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to have been among the dead.