More than 70 migrants remain missing and two are confirmed dead after a wooden boat carrying 105 people capsized in the Mediterranean Sea during a journey from Libya.Merchant ships and the Italian Coast Guard rescued 32 survivors from the vessel which overturned within the search and rescue zone monitored by Libyan authorities.Footage from Sea-Watch aircraft showed individuals clinging to the capsized hull before they were transported to the Favarolo pier on the Italian island of Lampedusa.This tragedy occurs as the
IOM reports that 683 people have died or disappeared in the central Mediterranean since the start of 2026 according to the latest figures.