An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, and is thought to be the only survivor of a migrant boat that capsized after departing from Sfax,

A tragic accident occurred in the Mediterranean Sea, leading to the disappearance of 44 migrants. Their boat capsized off the coast of Lampedusa, an Italian island that serves as a major transit point for people attempting to reach Europe.

The girl from Sierra Leone was the sole survivor of a shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island, rescuers said. Dozens of migrants likely died when their boat sank in a storm.

An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was the only person rescued after a migrant boat believed to have 45 people on board sank.

An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued after surviving three days alone at sea following a deadly shipwreck near the Italian island of Lampedusa, a rescue charity reported Wednesday (December 11, 2024). She was the only person to survive the tragic incident.

An 11-year-old girl was rescued overnight after three days at sea as the sole survivor of a shipwreck off Italy ’s Lampedusa island, a rescue charity said on Wednesday. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The young girl was found clinging to two inner tubes and a life vest in rough seas. "She had no food or water with her, and though she was suffering from hypothermia, she was awake and responsive," said Compass Collective.

An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued overnight after three days at sea as the sole survivor of a shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island, a rescue charity said on Wednesday. Germany's CompassCollective said crew on its vessel were en route to another emergency when they heard shouting from the water and picked up the girl around 3am wearing a life jacket and hanging on to a pair of tyre tubes.