Off the coast of Italy, 34 people became victims of the crash.

The bodies of 14 migrants were found in the Ionian Sea off the southern coast of Italy, leaving 34 people dead in the crash.

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The wreck of a sailing boat occurred on Tuesday 120 miles off the coast of the Calabria region; aircraft were also involved in the search for the dead. The bodies of the victims were taken aboard coast guard ships. Of the 34 dead, eight were minors.

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One of the NGOs involved in rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, after finding 11 survivors, reported that there were 66 people on board the ship, 26 of them children. They were left without help on the high seas for several days.

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Also this week, the bodies of 10 migrants were discovered in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea in the strait between Italy and Libya. They were on the flooded lower deck of a wooden ship, where more than 60 people were in distress. The boat crash occurred in the Malta-controlled area.