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42 Missing After Libya Capsizing as 2025 Mediterranean Deaths Top 1,000

MSF will redeploy the vessel Oyvon following a Valencia refit.

Overview

  • An inflatable that left Zuwara on November 3 suffered engine failure in high waves and capsized, leaving 42 people missing and presumed dead, according to the IOM.
  • Libyan authorities found seven survivors after six days adrift near the Al Buri oil field and brought them to safety.
  • The IOM reported the missing include 29 Sudanese, eight Somali, three Cameroonian and two Nigerian nationals.
  • Survivors received emergency care, food and water from the IOM, were transferred to Tripoli, and are in stable condition after sunburns and skin irritation.
  • The IOM says deaths on the central Mediterranean route have surpassed 1,000 so far in 2025, with at least 25,673 recorded since 2014, as MSF announces the resumption of search-and-rescue operations.