Rome, Jan 30, 2026 (AFP) - Italian officials to testify in trial over deadly migrant shipwreck

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2026-01-30

Six members of Italy's police and coastguard went on trial Friday, accused of failing to intervene in a 2023 shipwreck that killed at least 94 migrants. The disaster off Calabria was Italy's worst in a decade, and set off a firestorm of criticism against far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's tough stance on the thousands of migrants who arrive by boat each year from North Africa. Thirty-five children were among those killed when the boat cras......

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