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flag Six Italian officials stand trial for failing to rescue migrants in a 2023 shipwreck that killed 94, including 35 children.

flag Six Italian police and coastguard officials are on trial for failing to respond to a 2023 migrant shipwreck off Calabria that killed at least 94 people, including 35 children. flag The overcrowded vessel, carrying migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Syria, was tracked by a Frontex plane, but a rescue was delayed after a patrol turned back due to rough weather. flag Prosecutors charge the officials with involuntary manslaughter and culpable shipwreck for inadequate coordination and communication. flag The trial underscores criticism of Italy’s migration policies under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which emphasize deterrence over rescue. flag Over 1,340 migrants died crossing the central Mediterranean in 2025, according to the UN’s IOM, and human traffickers involved in the incident were sentenced to 14 to 20 years in prison.

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