Over 70 migrants are missing and two are confirmed dead after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, an incident NGOs are blaming on a lack of safe, legal migration routes.
More than 70 people are missing and two have been confirmed dead after a migrant boat carrying approximately 105 passengers capsized in the central Mediterranean on Sunday. The vessel, which departed Libya on Saturday, overturned in a search-and-rescue zone under Libyan jurisdiction, prompting the rescue of 32 survivors who were subsequently transported to Lampedusa by commercial ships.
In a statement on social media, the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans described the event as a “tragic Easter shipwreck” and asserted that the accident was “the consequence of policies by European governments that refuse to open safe and legal pathways” for migrants. The incident underscores a harrowing start to 2026, during which the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports at least 683 people have already died or gone missing at sea.
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