Overview
- The IOM reports a rubber boat carrying 49 people departed Zuwara on November 3 and capsized about six hours later near the Al Buri oil field after high waves caused an engine failure.
- Libyan authorities mounted a search-and-rescue on November 8, recovering seven survivors who had drifted for six days, with 42 others missing and presumed dead.
- The presumed dead include 29 Sudanese, eight Somali, three Cameroonian, and two Nigerian, while survivors are four Sudanese, two Nigerian, and one Cameroonian.
- IOM’s Missing Migrants data show more than 1,000 victims on the central Mediterranean route in 2025, including 552 confirmed dead and 494 missing as of November 8.
- MSF announced the 20‑meter Oyvon will conduct central Mediterranean rescues with a 10‑person crew including a doctor and a nurse, and Italy has recorded 61,482 arrivals so far this year as of November 11.