{"id":42175,"date":"2026-04-05T19:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42175"},"modified":"2026-04-05T19:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:52:59","slug":"two-dead-dozens-missing-after-migrant-boat-capsizes-in-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42175","title":{"rendered":"Two dead, dozens missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dozens of people are missing after a migrant boat capsized in the central Mediterranean, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/ngos\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">NGOs<\/a> Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch said Sunday on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Two people died and 32 were rescued from the boat, which had left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/libya\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Libya<\/a> on Saturday afternoon with around 105 people on board, according to Mediterranea Saving Humans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tragic Easter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/shipwreck\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">shipwreck<\/a>. 32 survivors, two bodies recovered and more than 70 people missing,&#8221; the NGO wrote on X, adding that the boat capsized in a search-and-rescue zone handled by Libyan authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Sea-Watch said two commercial ships saved the survivors and took them to the Italian island of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/lampedusa\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Lampedusa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"em-WBMZ535239-F24-EN-20260405\" class=\"m-em-flash\" data-xtwitter-script=\"\"><figcaption class=\"a-figcaption\">\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<br \/>\n                            <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-check\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-check\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-check\"\/>\n  <\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<i class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-edit\"\/><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An aerial video it posted showed two men clinging to the hull of the capsized vessel, and the approach of one of the commercial ships.<\/p>\n<p>Mediterranea Saving Humans said the accident was &#8220;the consequence of policies by European governments that refuse to open safe and legal pathways&#8221; for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/migrants\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">migrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a-read-more\"><span class=\"a-read-more__label\">Read more<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20251112-migrants-presumed-dead-shipwreck-libya-coast\" target=\"_self\" class=\"a-read-more__link\">Dozens of migrants presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libyan coast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lampedusa is a key entry point for migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of 2026, at least 683 migrants have lost their lives or gone missing on attempts to cross the sea, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">UN<\/a>&#8216;s migration agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/iom\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">IOM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Italian government, 6,175 migrants arrived on Italian territory over the same period.<\/p>\n<p><em>(FRANCE 24 with AFP)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20260405-two-dead-dozens-missing-after-migrant-boat-capsizes-in-mediterranean\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of people are missing after a migrant boat capsized in the central Mediterranean, the NGOs Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch said Sunday on social media.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}