Mattarella, speaking at a prize giving ceremony in Rome, said Europe
needed to reflect in the face of "yet another tragedy in the
Mediterranean in which, it seems, several hundred people have died."
Italian
President Sergio Mattarella addresses the European Parliament in
Strasbourg, France, November 25, 2015.
Several hundred people appear to have died in a new migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Monday.
Unconfirmed
media reports earlier on Monday spoke of up to 400 victims from boats
which capsized near the Egyptian coast as they attempted to sail to Europe.
Mattarella, speaking at a prize giving ceremony in Rome, said Europe needed to reflect in the face of "yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean in which, it seems, several hundred people have died." He did not give any further details.
The Italian coastguard said earlier on Monday they knew nothing about the reported disaster.
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