Africa-Press – Cape verde. A boat carrying about 105 people capsized in the central Mediterranean after departing from Libya on Saturday. Two bodies have been recovered and at least 70 people remain missing, according to the NGOs Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch.
It is feared that more than 70 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the central Mediterranean, according to information released by the NGOs Sea-Watch and Mediterranea Saving Humans on social media.
32 people were rescued from the boat, which departed from Libya on Saturday afternoon and was carrying 105 people. Two bodies have been recovered and the rest are missing. The NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans wrote on the social network X that the accident occurred in a search and rescue zone under the jurisdiction of the Libyan authorities.
The survivors were rescued by two commercial ships that took them to the Italian island of Lampedusa. According to international maritime law, ships must provide assistance to any person found at sea who is at risk of being lost. An aerial video published by Sea-Watch showed two men clinging to the hull of the capsized boat and the approach of one of the commercial vessels.
Mediterranea Saving Humans described the accident as “the consequence of European governments’ policies that refuse to open safe and legal routes” for migrants.
The island of Lampedusa, in the central Mediterranean—north of Libya and south of mainland Italy—is known as a key arrival point for migrants beginning their journey from North Africa to Europe.
At least 683 migrants have lost their lives or are missing since the beginning of 2026, according to the UN migration agency, the IOM.
According to the Italian government, 6,175 arrived on Italian soil during the same period.
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