The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has confirmed that two Nigerians were rescued, while two others lost their lives after a vessel carrying 49 people capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
According to the IOM, 42 people remain missing and are presumed dead, while seven survivors were rescued following the shipwreck off the coast of Libya. The incident marks yet another tragedy along the perilous Central Mediterranean migration route.
Citing survivor accounts, the IOM stated that the migrants and refugees had departed from Zuwara in northwest Libya around 3 a.m. on November 3 aboard a rubber boat.
The agency, as reported by the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday, noted that over 1,000 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in 2025 alone.
