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More than 30 dead after migrant shipwreck in southern Italy More than 30 people have died and more than 40 have survived a migrant boat shipwreck in southern Italy, a spokesman for the Italian firefighters' service said on Sunday. The shipwreck took place near Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort on the eastern coast of Calabria, the region that forms the tip of Italy's boot. The death toll "has surpassed 30," Danilo Maida, spokesman for the firefighters' service in Calabria told Reuters, adding that the count was provisional. Firefighters and other emergency services were looking for more survivors at sea using jet skis, but conditions were harsh, making the search difficult, he added. read more