At least 70 migrants went missing after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Libya on Saturday, according to initial reports from the Italian Coast Guard. Thirty-two people were rescued and two bodies recovered, with survivors including citizens of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Egypt. The boat had departed from Libya’s Tajoura port late Friday night carrying between 100 and 120 people, as confirmed by representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Survivors reported that rough sea conditions caused waves to flood the vessel, which then capsized within Libyan waters. The monitoring group Sea-Watch said its aircraft spotted at least 15 people clinging to the overturned boat, surrounded by bodies. Rescue operations were launched under Libyan supervision by an Italian cargo ship and a Liberian commercial vessel, and survivors were taken to Lampedusa, a key entry point for migrants from North Africa to Europe.
Humanitarian group Mediterranea Saving Humans criticized European migration policies, calling the tragedy a result of those policies rather than an accident. IOM data show more than 33,450 deaths in the Mediterranean since 2014, with at least 725 people missing in the central Mediterranean so far this year.
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