At least two people have died and dozens are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, advocacy groups said Sunday.
A total of 32 survivors were rescued out of the more than 100 people who were believed to have been aboard the small boat when it capsized.
“Tragic Easter shipwreck. 32 survivors, two bodies recovered and more than 70 people missing,” Italian rescue coordinator Mediterranea Saving Humans wrote on Twitter.
It said the tragedy was “the result of policies by European governments that refuse to open safe and legal routes to migrants”.
What do we know about the incident?
The small boat left Libya on Saturday and sank in a search and rescue area, which is supposed to be controlled by Libyan authorities.
The footage showed about 15 people clinging to the hull of the overturned ship in open water.
German NGO Sea-Watch said two passing merchant ships rescued the survivors and took them to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a major entry point into Europe for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
Sea-Watch said it monitored the incident from the air to coordinate rescue operations.
“We are horrified,” the group said Sunday.
At least 683 migrants have drowned or gone missing in their attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea so far in 2026, according to data from the UN’s International Organization for Migration.
Edited by: Shawn Sinico