Italian migrant shipwreck kills dozens.

(RT) ⸻ The bodies of more than 40 migrants have been found washed up on a beach in southern Italy after a vessel carrying in excess of 100 people broke apart off the coast in rough weather. The boat is thought to have been carrying people from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, with a months-old baby being reported among the dead. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has expressed her "deep sorrow for the many human lives cut short by human traffickers" and asked people not to "speculate" as to the number of people who lost their lives. Mayor of Cutro Antonio Ceraso added that the area had never before encountered an incident as tragic as this. Rescue attempts have been complicated by emergency services not having reliable information regarding the number of migrants on the vessel, but the death toll will "certainly" rise. The origin of the ship remains unclear, but migrants arriving in southern Italy often depart from either Türkiye or Egypt. Italy and Spain are popular destinations for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe, with these people predominantly coming from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Syria and Afghanistan.