The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said 163 migrants were intercepted off the coast of Libya in the past week.
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A fishing boat with 573 migrants landed on Lampedusa, Italy on Monday after being rescued off the island by Coast Guard patrol boats, Italian ANSA News reported.
Since the beginning of the year, an average of eight people lost their lives or went missing each day while trying to cross the central Mediterranean towards Italy, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Recent data issued by the Italian Ministry of the Interior revealed the arrival of 47,300 irregular migrants from Libya, since the beginning of 2023.
Over 660 migrants were intercepted off the coast of Libya last week, reports the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
ATHENS, Greece — One woman died and 19 people were rescued after a dinghy carrying migrants to Greece capsized off an islet in the eastern Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast Friday, Greek authorities said.
A fishing boat carrying over 200 migrants and refugees was intercepted off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy and escorted by coast guard patrol boats to the island’s commercial pier on Sunday, ANSA News reported.
The Ocean Viking rescue vessel has picked up 128 stranded migrants in three operations off the coast of Libya, the Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee which runs the ship said Saturday.
The Libyan General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) announced on Friday the rescue of 28 Syrian migrants in the Mediterranean, who were in dire need of assistance.
Interior Ministry of the Tripoli-based Government announced Friday that it rescued 147 migrants of various Arab and African nationalities off the coast of Zuwara in western Libya.