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Fresh migrant tragedy in Puglia

'More now needed than just pain and pity,' local bishop says

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(see related) (ANSA) - Lecce, January 11 - Four people, possibly all women, were missing on Monday after being thrown into the sea by traffickers off the Salento coast in southern Puglia.
    Earlier on Monday the body of a woman was recovered near rocks not far from Capo di Leuca, one of three different points where the group of migrants allegedly travelling to Italy from Greece were forced overboard. Investigators say the boat carried 42 people.
    Five, including a 10-year-old boy, are now receiving hospital treatment for hypothermia and bruising. "These tragedies should lead everyone, particularly those with political responsibility, to tackle these problems, to quicken their step, so they might stop. More is now needed than just pain and pity," monsignor Vito Angiuli, bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, said Monday. Monsignor Angiuli also called for "ideological barriers" to be overcome and for the resolution of problems in source countries to be sped up.
   

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