A boat with migrants capsized north off Libya, leaving 51 dead or missing, group says
The Abreen group said 10 migrants survived and 40 remain missing as rescue teams recovered bodies from the Mediterranean shipwreck.
- On June 12, a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Tobruk, Libya, leaving 51 people dead or missing, according to the Abreen group that tracks migrant movements in eastern Libya.
- Libya has emerged as a dominant transit point for migrants fleeing Africa and the Middle East, a trend fueled by instability following the 2011 uprising that killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi.
- The Libyan coast guard and Red Crescent reported retrieving bodies over the past 24 hours, with eleven bodies found while 40 others remain missing from the shipwreck.
- Search efforts continue for the 40 missing migrants as the International Organization for Migration reported over 800 deaths or disappearances between January 1 and May 16 this year.
- Last year saw more than 1,300 migrants perish or go missing on this route, as smugglers continue packing individuals into unsafe boats, causing frequent tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea.
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At least eleven people have died following the capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of Libya last week. Another forty people are missing, a Libyan aid organization reported to the AP news agency. The accident occurred on June 12, but bodies of victims have only washed ashore near the city of Tobruk in the northeast of the country in the past 24 hours. The coast guard and rescue workers are currently recovering bodies there. It is unclear ex…
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n1info.rsA boat with migrants headed for European shores capsized off the coast of Libya, killing or missing more than 50 people, a monitoring group announced today.
At Least 51 Migrants Dead Or Missing Off Libya Coast After Overcrowded Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
A migrant boat capsized off Libya’s eastern coast on June 12, killing 51 with only 10 survivors, as Libya remains a deadly transit hub where over 800 migrants have died or vanished in 2026 amid smuggling, abuse and unsafe crossings.
Capsized boat leaves dozens dead or missing off Libyan coast, monitoring group says
The Abreen group, which tracks movements of migrants in eastern Libya, says 10 survived the shipwreck that occurred on June 12 in the Mediterranean Sea, off the eastern part of the North African nation. It said that 11 bodies were retrieved while 40 others remain missing.
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