The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 271 illegal migrants, including 25 women and 23 children, were rescued off the coast of Libya between September 24 and October 2. Additionally, four bodies were recovered during the rescue operations.
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The United Nations Refugee Agency has announced that from the beginning of January to September 24, 2023, more than 2,500 refugees on their way through the Mediterranean Sea have either lost their lives or remain missing.
Relatives of people on a boat carrying 110 migrants that went off radar on Friday after allegedly being shot at by the Libyan coastguard fear the passengers have been chased all the way to Libya.
The Geo Barents humanitarian vessel operated by NGO Doctors without Borders rescued 55 migrants and refugees in distress in waters off Libya on Thursday.
International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 361 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya from 6 to 12 August 2023.
The 76 people rescued in international waters on the night of 11 August by the NGO EMERGENCY’s ship Life Support have disembarked in Naples, Italy, according to EMERGENCY.
Nine young Bangladeshis from Narsingdi have been reported missing by their families while on their way to Italy from Libya in a migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean, reports Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Observer.
At least two migrants including a baby died when their bank sank Saturday soon after leaving the coast of Tunisia, the coastguard said.
Close to 1000 migrants have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa after crossing the Mediterranean Sea by boat, news agency ANSA reported.
A charity rescue ship picked up 76 migrants on an overloaded wooden boat in the Mediterranean and was headed for the southern Italian port of Naples, the charity said on Saturday.