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Five migrants, including a minor, were reported missing on Wednesday following a sea crossing from Tunisia to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR said on Thursday.
Italian coastguard teams rescued 45 others from the same journey, among them 25 unaccompanied minors, with UNHCR staff present during the operation, spokesperson Filippo Ungaro confirmed.
Save the Children’s Italian branch described the incident as “another tragedy” along the Central Mediterranean route, one of the deadliest migration paths in the world.
Survivor testimonies indicated that five people, including a child, remained unaccounted for after the crossing, according to the organisation.
Local reports from Agrigento Notizie stated that the migrants, from countries including Gambia, Sierra Leone, Mali, Senegal, Guinea and Ivory Coast, had departed from the Tunisian port of Sfax in a seven-metre metal boat.
Between November 24 and 30, 75 migrants arrived by boat in southern Italy. So far this year, 63,086 people have reached Italian shores, a pace comparable to last year, with the majority coming from Bangladesh, UNHCR data shows.
