Drowning

Over 2,200 people have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean in 2024, with nearly 1,700 lives lost along the central Mediterranean route, UNICEF's Regional D

A boat carrying Syrian immigrants sank off the coast of the capital Tripoli early Thursday, while a fisherman was able to rescue three of them.

‎The Spokesman for the Ambulance and Emergency Apparatus, Osama Ali, reported the death of two immigrants and the rescue of 26 others as a boat carrying them off the coas

Over 20 migrants have gone missing in the central Mediterranean while trying to cross from Libya to Italy, according to Italian media.

The Mediterranean Sea has witnessed a new tragedy, as two illegal immigrant ships sank off the southern coast of Italy, resulting in the death of at least 11 people and t

A charity rescue ship recovered the bodies of 11 migrants off the coast of Libya on Friday, following the rescue of over 160 others, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirm

At least 60 people, including a woman and a child, died on a migrant boat in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, according to the Italian news agency ANSA.

Emergency response teams from Libya's Ambulance and Emergency Service recovered bodies of irregular migrants on Friday following the capsizing of their boat near the coas

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said Saturday that 61 illegal immigrants, including women and children, drowned following a tragic shipwreck o

Sabratha Teaching Hospital has received deaths of illegal immigrants who drowned off the coast of the city.

A young man called Mohammed Al-Ghanai died by drowning while trying to save two men in one of the resorts of Tajoura.

A boat carrying over 40 migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast while a cargo ship was trying to save them, Italy's coast guard confirmed on Sunday.

The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported 73 migrants missing after a boat carrying them shipwrecked off the Libyan coast on Tuesday.

A woman and a child have died by drowning in the city of Sirte, due to severe turbulence in the sea currents, in the Zaafaran area.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya has confirmed the recovery of six bodies after a small wooden boat carrying around 35 migrants capsized off the coast

Doctors Without Borders says at least 90 people have drowned after their boat capsized off the Libyan coast early Saturday morning.

More than 160 migrants drowned in two separate incidents off the Libyan coast last week in the latest migrant disaster in the Mediterranean, the International Organizat

A group of 75 illegal immigrants drowned off the Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Saturday.

Five people died on Saturday by drowning in the city of Sirte, due to severe turbulence in the sea currents, whilst three others were rescued.

The Tajoura Maritime office called on all citizens on Thursday, not to swim over these present days, following the death of two people who drowned, whilst three others

The African Union (AU) Commission calls on Member States to expedite the evacuation and return of their respective stranded citizens in Libya after the death of 57 of A

At least 57 illegal immigrants drowned when their boat capsized off the Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Monday.

UNICEF has expressed its deep sadness over the drowning of three children between the ages of six months and three years off the coast of Zuwara, west of the capital Tr

The Tunisian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday the loss of more than 50 migrants from a sunken boat carrying approximately 90 immigrants

Two people who were pulled out of the waters from the beach of Tajoura were pronounced dead at the scene. 

SOS Méditerranée, a European, maritime-humanitarian organization for the rescue of life at sea, reported that a rubber dinghy, with approximately 130 illegal immigrants on board,

The spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, Safa Msehli, said a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound illegal immigrants capsized off Libya’s coast,

At least 41 illegal immigrants drowned when a boat capsized in the Central Mediterranean off Libya’s coast on February 20, the UN’s refugee and migration agencies said

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR said in a statement that they were deeply saddened by a tragic shipwreck off the Liby

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 22 migrants have gone missing after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Libya.

The Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that the death toll of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea has risen to more than

20 illegal immigrants died drowning as their boat - laden with more than 150 ones - had capsized after taking off from Libya toward Italy.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that 21 migrants were missing and have probably drowned after a rubber dinghy and a wooden boat sailed from the

Residents of the Al-Naqaza district, west of Al-Khums city, woke up to the tragic incident of the seven vacationers who drowned on the district’s beach, which is known as a touri

A newlywed husband has drowned while trying to save his wife from death in the mountain town of Yefran, local sources reported.