"An Italian court has opened the trial of four police officers and two members of the Italian coastguard over their response to a 2023 shipwreck that killed at least 94 refugees and migrants. The trial opened in the southern port city of Crotone on Friday, where the defendants face charges of involuntary manslaughter and culpable shipwreck. list of 3 itemsend of list Rights activists assert that, as well as the individual officers, the right-wing Italian government's immigration policies are also on trial."
"Prosecutors accuse the police of failing to communicate key information with the coastguard, who they say did not collect details that would have informed them about the urgency of the situation as the ship struggled in dangerous waters on February 26, 2023. The Summer Love boat then crashed off Cutro on Italy's southern coast. There were 35 children among those killed. Authorities say more people may have been killed, but their bodies were never found."
Six security personnel are standing trial in Crotone on charges of involuntary manslaughter and culpable shipwreck after a February 26, 2023 vessel crash that killed at least 94 people, including 35 children. Prosecutors allege police failed to relay critical information to the coastguard, and the coastguard did not gather details indicating the urgency as the Summer Love boat struggled in dangerous waters. A Frontex aircraft had spotted the vessel and alerted Italian authorities; a Guardia di Finanza boat turned back because of bad weather. The vessel came from Turkiye carrying people from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Syria. Charity rescue groups are civil parties and rights activists point to national immigration policies.
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