The tragedy occurred last week in waters near the Bouri oil field in northwestern Libya. This migratory route is considered the deadliest in the world.

More than 100 migrants have died in a shipwreck off Mauritania, underscoring the deadly risks of the Atlantic route from West Africa to Europe.

Nearly 1,000 people have died or disappeared crossing the Mediterranean so far this year, and 3,155 in 2023. On Monday, two shipwrecks occurred off the Italian coasts, killing at least 11 migrants, while another 66 remain missing. A search and rescue operation by Italy’s coast guard is ongoing in the Mediterranean, hours after two migrant […]