Overview
- Refugees in Libya posted photos on X showing bodies on a Libyan beach next to an overturned boat after the wreck off Sabratha.
- UN agencies report between 64 and 91 people were rescued, while others remain missing, with UNHCR noting children are among the unaccounted.
- Survivors’ accounts indicate the wooden boat departed al Zawiya and likely carried about 120 to 130 people.
- The IOM counts 1,046 deaths and disappearances on the central Mediterranean route so far this year, including 527 off Libya, and urges stronger regional search-and-rescue.
- Refugees in Libya links the deaths to European migration policies and alleged militia financing in Libya and Tunisia.