Overview
- The UN’s International Organization for Migration reports 42 people are missing and presumed dead, while four Sudanese, two Nigerians and one Cameroonian survived after six days adrift.
- The rubber boat left Zuwara on November 3 with 49 people and capsized roughly six hours later when high waves caused an engine failure, according to the IOM.
- Libyan authorities mounted a search near the Al Buri oil field, and the seven survivors received emergency medical care, food and water after they were brought ashore.
- IOM counts at least 527 deaths off Libya so far in 2025 and more than 1,000 on the central Mediterranean route this year, highlighting the ongoing toll.
- The European Commission urged intensified cooperation with Libya to counter smugglers, and Doctors Without Borders relaunched rescues with a new vessel, as InfoMigrants reports EU irregular arrivals fell to about 240,000 in the referenced year.