Overview

• IOM says a rubber boat carrying about 75 people, mostly Sudanese, caught fire off eastern Libya en route to Greece, resulting in at least 50 deaths.
• UNHCR reports only 13 survivors with dozens still unaccounted for, differing from IOM’s statement that 24 survivors received medical care.
• Efforts to locate the missing and identify the dead are ongoing as agencies coordinate with local authorities near Tobruk.
• The central Mediterranean remains one of the deadliest migration routes, with IOM recording 456 deaths and 420 missing this year through September 13, as over 140,000 Sudanese have fled into Libya in two years.
• In a separate development, Italian NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans filed evidence in Sicily alleging abuses by Libyan military personnel, intensifying calls for accountability.