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Deaths:399.Missing:487.It is the tragic toll of the shipwrecks that occurred in the first six months of 2024 on the central Mediterranean route, according to the data published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).Yet, while hundreds of people continue to die at sea trying to reach our coasts, in Italy it is increasingly difficult to account for shipwrecks:journalists are kept away from the ports and the press has to face a series of obstacles in reporting these events, which now end up being surrounded by an impenetrable rubber wall. The problem is not new:for years, the difficulties faced by reporters in accessing the ports have been compounded by the impossibility of coming into contact with the survivors, which makes it practically impossible to independently reconstruct the truth of the facts.Added to this is the scarcity of official communications, and the continuous request for authorization to approach the dock.“Before, reporters could access ports to...