Rome, June 26 (RHC)-- The Italian coast guard says it recovered another 14 bodies of asylum seekers from a shipwreck earlier last week, bringing the confirmed death toll to 34. Dozens more are missing and feared dead.
The boat had departed from Turkey with roughly 75 people from Iran, Syria and Iraq. Eleven passengers survived. The United Nations says an average of five people per day have died this year while attempting to cross the Mediterranean, as aid groups warn deaths will continue due to Europe’s harsh crackdown on migrants.
