A 4-year-old boy died among 50 rescued at sea.

He had left with his mother on a makeshift boat en route to Lampedusa: the shipwreck was fatal. occurred off the coast of Sicily.

The little one didn't make it, as could also have happened to other passengers of the shipwrecked boat, his lifeless body was left behind. He was collected and taken together with dozens of other migrants, including his mother, on the coast guard ship Dattilo which was transported to the coast. then arrived at the Port of Reggio Calabria with about 800 people on board, most of whom came from the hotspot of the Sicilian island.