ROME (Reuters) -No less than 30 individuals have died after a migrant shipwreck off the japanese coast of Italy’s Calabria area, ANSA and different Italian information businesses reported on Sunday.

Some 27 our bodies had been discovered washed up on the shores of Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort within the province of Crotone, and extra had been noticed at sea, ANSA stated, including that three others had been discovered within the water.

The Adnkronos information company stated that greater than 100 individuals had been aboard the boat that carried the migrants, and that about 50 individuals have been rescued.

The boat, bringing migrants from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, crashed in opposition to rocks throughout tough sea climate, Adnkronos stated.

The Italian coast guard was not instantly reachable for remark.