Shipwrecks off Italian coast leave at least 11 dead and dozens missing

According to the IOM, over 3,150 migrants died or went missing in the Mediterranean last year, making it the deadliest migration route in the world.

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00:0064 people were missing in the Mediterranean Sea and several were rescued after their ship

00:05wrecked off Italy's southern coast on Monday.

00:09The search and rescue operations started following a May Day call by a French boat, the Italian

00:14Coast Guard said in a statement.

00:18The boat was sailing in a border area where Greece and Italy carry out search and rescue

00:22operations.

00:23The survivors and the people still missing at sea came from Iran, Syria and Iraq, the

00:28UN agencies said.

00:32The Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre immediately diverted two merchant vessels

00:36sailing nearby to the scene of the rescue.

00:43One of the 11 rescued migrants died soon after, the Coast Guard said.

00:49In a separate shipwreck, 61 people were found on a wooden boat, of which 51 were rescued.