Libya migrant shipwrecks
More than 60 migrants drown after boat sinks off Libya, says UN
A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people - including women and children - dead, the U.N. migration agency said.
Saturday's shipwreck was the latest tragedy in this part of the Mediterranean Sea, a key dangerous route for migrants seeking a better life in Europe, where, according to officials, thousands have died.
Suspected smugglers detained pending trial over migrant shipwreck off Greece
Nine men charged over the worst shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea this year that killed at least 82 people were detained pending trial, the coastguard said on Wednesday, while the European Union promised more funds and actions on migration.
Five migrants die as boat sinks in the Aegean, Turkish coastguard says
Five migrants died when a dinghy sank off the coast of southwest Turkey on Saturday, the coastguard said, adding that it had rescued 11 people, while Greece said five more migrants from the same wreck were found on a nearby island.
Nearly 100 irregular migrants rescued in Eastern Mediterranean
A total of 97 irregular migrants on a rubber boat which was about to sink off in the Eastern Mediterranean, were rescued by joint efforts of Turkish Naval Forces and Libyan Coast Guard, according to security sources on May 14.
The TCG Gaziantep frigate, on duty off Libya, detected a rubber boat with irregular migrants 28 miles off Khoms Port on May 13.
Four die as migrant boat sinks off Turkey's Aegean coast
At least four people, including a baby, died when a dinghy carrying irregular migrants sank off Turkey's Aegean coast, security sources said on March 26.
Two children die as migrant boat sinks off Greek island
Two children were among three people who died early on March 7 when a migrant boat sank near the Greek island of Samos, the coastguard said.
117 migrants unaccounted for after dinghy sinks off Libyan coast
Some 117 migrants who left Libya in a rubber dinghy two days ago are unaccounted for, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Jan. 19, after three people were rescued from the vessel after it sank in the Mediterranean.
Ten missing as migrant boat sinks off Turkey: coastguard
Ten people were missing on Monday after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank off Turkey's western coast, the Turkish coastguard said.
Two dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast
Two people died on Oct. 22 after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank off Turkey’s southwestern coast, the Turkish coastguard said. Click through for the story in photos...
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23 Migrants Likely Dead on Trip From Libya to Italy
Twenty-one migrants were missing and probably drowned after a rubber dinghy and a wooden boat set off from Libya for Italy and had to be rescued, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday, quoted by Reuters.