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Two dead, dozens missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
Rescue charities said 32 survivors were taken to Lampedusa, while survivors reported 71 others lost at sea after the boat overturned.
- On Saturday, a migrant boat carrying around 105 people departed Tajoura, Libya and capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving two dead and more than 70 missing while 32 survivors were rescued.
- The NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans noted the vessel overturned in a search-and-rescue zone that is supposed to be handled by Libyan authorities, while German NGO Sea-Watch monitored the incident from the air to help coordinate rescues.
- "We are horrified," the group said on Sunday, with Mediterranea Saving Humans attributing the accident to "the consequence of policies by European governments that refuse to open safe and legal pathways."
- Two merchant ships transported the 32 survivors to the Italian island of Lampedusa, as aerial footage captured around 15 people clinging to the hull of the overturned vessel in open waters.
- Since the start of 2026, at least 683 migrants have lost their lives or gone missing attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, while the Italian government reports 6,175 migrants have arrived on Italian territory during the same period.
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More than 70 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya
At least 70 migrants were missing after their boat capsized Saturday off the coast of Libya as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, according to survivors rescued by a commercial ship and then brought to the island of Lampedusa.
Rome. Two merchant ships near the Italian coast recovered the bodies of two migrants and rescued 32 survivors of a boat attempting to cross into Europe from Libya during the Easter weekend, reported rescue organizations that cited survivors who said that another 71 people died at sea.
A freighter rescued 32 migrants off the coast of Italy. Two bodies were also taken out of the water, 71 people are still missing. The number of deaths on the Mediterranean route is already extremely high this year.
Dozens of people are missing after a migrant boat capsized in the central Mediterranean, the non-governmental organizations Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch reported on social media on Sunday.
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