Seven people have died of apparent hypothermia after a packed wooden boat carrying migrants hit rough waters, said the Italian coastguard.
Italian authorities said the 65ft wooden boat was in Tunisian waters when the distress call came in, but they were unable to locate the boat.The NGO Alarm Phone, which forwards rescue calls from boats carrying migrants to authorities, tweeted that it took Italian rescue boats six hours to reach those in danger.The International Organisation for Migration marked 2021 as the deadliest for the central Mediterranean crossing route since 2018, with at least 1,315 dead.
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