The Latest Breaking News from Crotone

Migrant Shipwreck Anniversary: Calls For Truth And Justice

Survivors and families commemorate tragic shipwreck in Crotone, Italy, demanding justice and accountability for migrant deaths.

Top News · Feb 26, 2024

More than 1,000 Migrants Brought Ashore in Italy after Multiple Rescues

More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore to southern Italy on Saturday after coastguards launched major rescue operations for three boats struggling in rough seas off Calabria. One coastguard vessel brought 584 people to the city of Reggio Calabria, while another escorted a packed fishing boat carrying 487 migrants into…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 11, 2023

Survivors of Italy's migrant shipwreck weep over their dead

CROTONE (ITALY) - Survivors of a shipwreck off southern Italy wept over their dead Wednesday, as relatives of some of the 67 people who drowned arrived from other countries to claim their loved ones.

Bangkok Post · Mar 1, 2023

Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy, 61 dead with 81 survivors

The accident happened off the eastern coast of Italy's Calabria region, with many of the bodies found washed up on the shores of a resort in the province of Crotone.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2023

Italian priest apologises for holding mass service in sea using lilo as an altar

A priest in Crotone, Southern Italy, earned himself a slap on the wrist from the local diocese after conducting mass on a lilo in the sea. The special mass was because of a hot day at the end of a youth camp

Daily Mirror · Jul 28, 2022

Five-year-old Ukrainian girl who fled Russian invasion killed by car driven by 18-year-old in Italy

The girl, identified as Taia, arrived in Crotone last month along with her mother Luda to escape the war

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022