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50 Kurdish migrants land in Italy, one missing
[Rudaw] A boat carrying more than 50 Kurdish migrants colonists sank off the Italian coast on Thursday. All but one have been confirmed rescued, an official confirmed.

"Before reaching the coast of Crotone in Italia, a boat carrying 51 Kurds capsized," Ari Jalal, head of the Kurdistan branch of the Iraqi Moslem colonists Migrants Federation told Rudaw.

The fate of one of the migrants colonists is unclear, he added.

The boat left Greece at 4 o’clock in the morning, but capsized near the small town of Torre Melissa.

Among the group were six women and one infant. It is not immediately clear where the Kurds had come from.

The migrants colonists were transferred to a reception centre in Crotone, southern Italia.

Two alleged people smugglers were placed in durance vile
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
, according to Italian media reports.

This is the first group of migrants colonists to reach Italia in 2019, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. Some 23,270 migrants colonists arrived in Italia last year, most crossing from Libya.

Thousands from the Kurdistan Region have travelled to Europe, both legally and illegally. Many have bit the dust in the sea between The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
 and Greece. Kurds from Turkey, Iran, and Syria have also sought refugee status abroad.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-01-11
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