Following a crowded ship's sinking in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, nine crew members have been detained for people smuggling, killing dozens of people, reported CNN.
A total of 78 people were reported killed after a fishing boat carrying refugees and migrants capsized and sank on the southern coast of Greece, according to Al Jazeera.
Four people have been killed in northern Italy after a tourist boat capsized in northern Italy's Lake Maggiore, reported CNN citing the country's fire service on Monday.
After an extensive Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, the Indian Navy's P-81 aircraft located the capsized Chinese fishing vessel that sank in the Indian Ocean earlier this week.
Taking to Twitter, Indian Navy said, "In a swift humanitarian action on 17 May #IndianNavy deployed its Air MR assets in the Southern IOR approx 900 Nm from India, in response to sinking of a #Chinese Fishing Vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 with 39 crew onboard. The crew incl nationals from China
Kerala Director-General of Police (DGP) Anil Kant on Tuesday ordered the constitution of a special team to investigate the Tanur boat tragedy, which claimed at least 22 lives including women and children.
Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, said the death of 22 persons in the boat tragedy at Tanur in Malappuram on Sunday was a cause for great sorrow.