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March 4, 2026
According to sources in the Sri Lankan navy and defence ministry, at least 101 people are missing, 1 is dead and 78 others have been injured. The sources claimed that the ship has now sunk. It is unclear who was responsible for the attack. A…
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February 21, 2026
A police officer said that at least five bodies, including two women, had washed up on the shores of a coastal village in eastern Libya, called 'Qasr al-Akhyar. Hassan Al-Ghawil is the head of investigations at the Qasr Al-Akhyar Police Station.
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February 11, 2026
The Turkish president Tayyip Erdoan will host the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for talks on Wednesday, likely focusing on'migration and long-standing maritime disputes as NATO allies try to warm up ties. Last week, 15 migrants died…
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February 9, 2026
The International Organization for Migrants (IOM) reported on Monday that 53 migrants, including 2 babies, are dead or missing following a rubber-boat capsize off the coast Libya. IOM, citing survivors, said that the boat left Zawiya Thursday and then flipped off Zuwara Friday.
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November 15, 2025
The Libyan Red Crescent reported on Saturday that at least four people died when two boats with 95 irregular migrants capsized near the Libyan city of Al Khums, on Thursday. In a Facebook post, the Red Crescent confirmed that four migrants on board the first boat died.
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November 12, 2025
The International Organization for Migration reported on Wednesday that at least 42 migrants were missing and presumed to be dead after a rubber-boat capsized near the coast of Libya. Seven survivors were rescued by the Libyan authorities after six days of drifting at sea.
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November 6, 2025
Legal sources confirmed on Thursday that a Greek prosecutor had extended charges against four additional senior coast guard officers in connection with one of the Mediterranean’s worst accidents: a shipwreck from 2023, which saw hundreds of people drown off the southwest town of Pylos.
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October 28, 2025
A local branch of the Red Crescent said that on Tuesday, bodies of 18 migrants who drowned when their boat capsized southwest of Tripoli in Libya were recovered, while more than 90 survivors were saved. The Red Crescent in Sabratha (a coastal…
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October 24, 2025
The local governor's offices said that at least 14 people died when a rubber-hulled boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Turkey's western Mugla province on Friday. They added that a search for survivors was under way. The Mugla Governor's…
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September 7, 2025
A local governor's report said that five people were killed, and one was severely injured, when a boat with migrants struck a Turkish Coast Guard vessel in the northwest of Turkey on Sunday. The search for a missing individual is underway. The…
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August 3, 2025
Health officials reported that at least 54 migrants were killed when a boat with around 150 people on board sank in bad weather off the coast of Yemen, and dozens more are still missing. Security sources confirmed that the boat capsized in the Arabian Sea off Ahwar District…
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July 21, 2025
A media report said that an Italian judge ordered on Monday six police officers and coastguards to face trial for mishandling of operations during the 2023 migrant shipwreck near Cutro, which killed over 90 people. A wooden sailboat, which had set off from Turkey…
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July 1, 2025
Egypt's Petroleum Ministry said Tuesday it had received a report about a capsized drilling ship in the Gulf of Suez from Offshore Shukheir oil Company. The ministry stated that the drillship "Adam Marine 12" was located at Gabal El Zeit in the Red Sea.
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May 23, 2025
Three sources confirmed on Friday that a Greek naval court had charged 17 coastguard officers in connection with one of the worst shipwrecks to occur in the Mediterranean two years ago. Hundreds of people were believed to have died. The shipwreck that occurred on June 14…
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May 19, 2025
Egypt declared seven people missing, including five foreigners. This was after a tourist vessel capsized in November off the coast of Egypt's Red Sea. In a decree published on Sunday in the official gazette by the country's premier, two British…
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April 28, 2025
These are the most popular stories from the New York Times' business pages. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports. On Sunday night, a boat that was carrying dozens of passengers struck the ferry near the Memorial Causeway Bridge. The U.S.
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March 27, 2025
The local governor's offices confirmed that six foreigners died when a tourist sub sank near the Red Sea resort of Hurghada in Egypt. However, they did not confirm the nationalities. The Russian consulate at Hurghada confirmed that the "SINDBAD"…
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March 17, 2025
Cyprus's national broadcaster reported that seven bodies were recovered from the sea off Cyprus after authorities launched a search-and-rescue operation in response to a capsize of a boat containing migrants. The broadcaster reported that an unspecified number were believed to have gone missing.
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March 7, 2025
The International Organisation for Migration reported that more than 180 migrants were missing and believed to be dead after the two boats in which they were traveling capsized on rough seas near Yemen, Thursday. IOM reported that the boats…
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January 1, 2025
The mayor of Lampedusa, an Italian island, said that seven migrants had been rescued but that at least twenty were still missing. Their boat was en route from Libya to Italy when it sank. One of those who survived was an eight-year-old Syrian child, who hoped to join his German-based father.
