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Over 110 dead or missing after migrant shipwrecks UN
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Agencies have reported mass casualties off Libyas Tobruk after a boat capsized and another caught fire over the weekendTwo maritime tragedies off the coast of Libya have left over 110 Sudanese refugees dead or missing, UN agencies have reported.
"UNHCR is deeply saddened by a second tragic boat incident off Tobruk," the agency reported on X.
It noted that the victims were primarily Sudanese refugees who had been attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
On Thursday, the UNHCR in West and Central Africa reported that over 877,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into Chad alone since the outbreak of violence.
IOM data show 317 confirmed deaths and 286 missing along the Central Mediterranean route between January and early August 2025.
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