The migratory boats are transported off the Italian coast, killing at least 27

At least 27 migrants died after two boats turned while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy.

About 60 survivors were rescued from the seas off Lambidosa Island, while the search for others continues.

More than 700 people died in an attempt to cross the Mediterranean in the Mediterranean this year, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (the UN Commission for Refugees).

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni offered “deepest condolences” to the victims. UNHCR spokesman said there was “deep pain” that felt the accident.

Flavio de Jiacomo, a spokesman for the United Nations Immigration Organization (IOM), said more than 90 people were on boats before they were divided.

A Somali woman on a ships gave a horrific account for the daily La Repubblica newspaper, which is based in Rome to lose her daughter and her one -year -old husband.

“All hell collapsed,” she said. “I did not see them again, my little girl moved away, I lost them.”

What caused the coup of the two ships has not been confirmed yet.

However, the survivors of La Repubblica suggested that when the first boat turned, its occupants were forced to climb to the second ship, which was then turned.

One of them told the newspaper, “We set out on two boats, but one of us turned, so we all went up on board one. But then the other also started drinking water,” one of them told the newspaper.

“When a tragedy like today occurs, with dozens of people in the waters of the Mediterranean, a strong feeling of dismay and mercy arises in all of us,” Italian Prime Minister Meloni said in a statement.

“And we find ourselves thinking about the inhuman irony that human travelers organize these evil trips.”

Lambidosa Island is home to the Center for Reception of Migrants, which is often acquired by difficult living conditions. He welcomes onions of tens of thousands of immigrants who have survived the mostly dangerous road across the Mediterranean to Europe every year.

Those who make a trip often travel in badly maintenance and dense ships.

At least 25,000 people have disappeared or killed while trying to cross the Mediterranean in the Mediterranean since 2014, according to the International Organization for Migration.