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Boat carrying around 120 hit rocks ‘a few metres from the shore’, coastguard says, as search for survivors continues

Vessel — bringing migrants from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan — crashed against rocks during rough sea weather.

Vessel — bringing migrants from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan — crashed against rocks during rough sea weather.

Forty-three people died while 80 people survived when a boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks near the coast of southern Italy early on Sunday, the Italian coast guard and police said.

The boat was carrying about 120 people and hit rocks a few metres from the shore

The shipwreck took place near Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort on the eastern coast of Calabria

At least 43 migrants have reportedly drowned after their boat broke up off the southern coast of Italy's mainland.

ROME — More than 30 people have died and more than 40 have survived a migrant boat shipwreck in southern Italy, a spokesman for the Italian firefighters’…

At least 58 migrants, including children, have drowned after their boat broke up off the southern coast of Italy's mainland.

The boat was carrying about 120 people and hit rocks a few metres from the shore