41 migrants have drowned off the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. 45 people, including three children, had been aboard the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. Four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. These pictures show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. Live now to sofia bettiza whos in rome. What bettiza whos in rome. More do we know about thi rescue . What more do we know about this rescue . ,. ,. ,. , rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only four| the mediterranean sea. Only four people survived,
After lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. What we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. Charities supporting refugees say
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and the six migrants who drowned in the english channel. a french official said more than 60 people were on board the boat which capsized in most of them were from afghanistan. and some were sudanese. 0ur reporter has been looking at the wider trends in asylum applications here in the uk and in europe. the english channel is one of the busiest and most dangerous shipping lanes in the world and that is because of the hundreds of berries and tankers that pass through it every single day. and sadly, this latest incident didn t happen in isolation. so let s take a look at the numbers. according to the uk home office, in 2022, arrivals in small boats made up of 45% of applications. so that is a large number of people making a very dangerous journey. number of people making a very dangerousjourney. and if you look at the figures come in 2022 alone, more than 115,000 people crossed the english channel in small boats