{"id":4291,"date":"2026-04-06T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/4291\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:55:10","slug":"32-migrants-rescued-near-italy-71-missing-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/4291\/","title":{"rendered":"32 Migrants Rescued Near Italy, 71 Missing at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69d3d5bc7ae9d_1775490492.jpg\" alt=\"News image\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 rounded shadow-sm\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  20 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p>The Kabul Tribune (KT) \u2014 Two merchant vessels near the Italian coast rescued 32 migrants and recovered the bodies of two others from a boat attempting to cross from Libya to Europe over the Easter weekend, Reuters reported, citing rescue charities.&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>According to the report, survivors said 71 others were missing at sea after the vessel, which initially carried 105 passengers, ran into trouble.&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>The rescued migrants and recovered bodies were transferred to an Italian coast guard patrol boat and taken to the island of Lampedusa, the charities Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch said.&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Italy\u2019s Interior Ministry declined to comment on the report, while the Italian Coast Guard did not immediately respond to requests for comment.&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Footage released by Sea-Watch showed several people clinging to an overturned boat as a merchant vessel approached to assist.&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Rescue groups said adverse weather conditions in the Mediterranean this year have reduced departures from North Africa while increasing risks for those attempting the journey.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20 minutes ago The Kabul Tribune (KT) \u2014 Two merchant vessels near the Italian coast rescued 32 migrants&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3242,3241,5,3240,3239],"class_list":{"0":"post-4291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-afghan-news","9":"tag-afghanistan-news","10":"tag-italy","11":"tag-kabul-tribune","12":"tag-kt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}