25.06.2024, Mem.Med memoria mediterranea

Shipwreck in the Ionian Sea, 17.6.2024. The Silenced Dead and Institutional Silence

On the night of June 16-17, off the Ionian Sea, a boat that departed from the port of Bodrum in Turkey with about 67 people on board (including 26 minors) sank approximately 120 miles off the coast of Calabria. The boat had been adrift for several days, with a semi-submerged hull, likely due to an engine explosion. According to survivors, several vessels passed by without intervening during that time: the boat was only rescued on June 17 after a French ship intercepted the sunken sailboat and issued a “mayday” call read more

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