Boats migrants divert along the Italian coast, killing at least 27

At least 27 migrants were killed after two boats were full while trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy.

About 60 survivors were rescued from the seas off the island of Lamudus, while the search for others continues.

More than 700 people have died, trying to pass through the Central Mediterranean this year, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNCBA).

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offered her the “Deep Condolences” to the victims. A VKBOP spokesman said there was a “deep grief” regarding the incident.

More than 90 people were aboard the two boats before they were overcome, said Flavio di Jacomo, a spokesman for the International UN Migration Organization (IOM).

A Somalian woman aboard one of the ships gave a painful account to Rome -based daily newspaper La Repubblica that she lost her one -year -old daughter and husband.

“The whole hell fell apart,” she said. “I never saw them again, my little girl slipped, I lost them both.”

What caused the two ships to be prevalent has not yet been confirmed.

However, the survivors suggested that La Repubblica suggest that when the first boat was overcome, its inhabitants were forced to embark on the second court, which was then overcome.

“We were going to two boats, but one was obsessed, so we all climbed to one of them. But then the other also started to receive water,” said one to the newspaper.

The Italian Prime Minister Meloni said in a statement: “When a tragedy like today, with the death of dozens of people in the waters of the Mediterranean, a strong sense of horror and compassion arises in all of us.

“And we find ourselves that we are considering inhuman cynicism, with which human traffickers organize these sinister trips.”

Lamidusa Island is home to migrant intake, which is often overcrowded with challenging living conditions. He welcomes tens of thousands of migrants who have often experienced the dangerous path through the Mediterranean to Europe every year.

Those who make the trip often travel in poorly maintained and overcrowded vessels.

At least 25,000 people have disappeared or were killed while trying to cross the Central Mediterranean since 2014, according to MOM.