Last Updated: February 26, 2023, 15:28 IST
Rescue workers said on Twitter they had recovered 28 bodies. (Representative image: Reuters)
Rescue workers said on Twitter they had recovered 28 bodies and seen three others dragged away by the currents
Around 40 migrants, including a tiny baby, died after their overloaded boat sank on Sunday in stormy seas off the southern Italian coastal city of Crotone, Italian media reported.
Rescue workers said on Twitter they had recovered 28 bodies and seen three others dragged away by the currents. They said around 40 people had been rescued.
The latest such tragedy comes just days after the hard-right government pushed through parliament a controversial new law on rescuing migrants.
Far-right president Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the post-Fascist Brothers of Italy party, won power in October, partly on a promise to stem the flow of migrants reaching Italian shores.
The new law forces migrant aid vessels to make just one rescue attempt at a time, which critics say risks increasing the number of drownings in the central Mediterranean.
The route is considered the most dangerous crossing in the world for people seeking asylum in Europe.
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