"One-year-old twin girls are missing at sea after a boat carrying dozens of migrants and refugees reached the Italian island of Lampedusa this week, nonprofit group Save the Children has said. The organisation said on Friday that 61 people, including the missing twins' mother and 22 unaccompanied minors, were rescued from the vessel a day earlier after crossing to Lampedusa in extremely difficult conditions made worse by Cyclone Harry."
"They described having departed from Tunisia, braving stormy seas for at least three days, and arriving in a state of great physical and psychological distress, Save the Children said in a statement. A man died after disembarking the boat, the group added. The Central Mediterranean is the deadliest known migration route in the world, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Forty-nine people, including 12 children under age five, died last October when their boat capsized after leaving the Tunisian coastal village of Salakta."
One-year-old twin girls remain missing at sea after a boat carrying dozens of migrants and refugees reached Lampedusa. Rescuers recovered 61 people, including the twins' mother and 22 unaccompanied minors, after a journey marked by stormy seas and at least three days at sea. Cyclone Harry intensified dangerous conditions. A man died after disembarking the vessel. The Central Mediterranean is the deadliest migration route, with nearly 1,000 deaths and disappearances recorded this year and more than 25,000 since 2014. At least 30 children have died off Tunisia this year amid increased departures driven by unemployment and socioeconomic and political hardships. Safe migration routes remain absent.
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