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Apr
11
2024
By The African Mirror
At least 38 migrants die in shipwreck off Djibouti 

At least 38 migrants die in shipwreck off Djibouti 

NEWS
AT least 38 migrants, including children, have died in a shipwreck off the Djibouti coast, the United Nations migration agency said. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said at least six other people were missing and presumed dead, and that 22 survivors were being assisted by the IOM and local authorities. Yvonne Ndege, regional spokesperson for the IOM, said the shipwreck happened about 200 metres off Djibouti and that the boat carrying the migrants had left Yemen around 2 a.m. local time on April 8. It sank about two hours later with around 66 people on board, predominantly from the…
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Mar
02
2024
By The African Mirror
About 20 migrants die in shipwreck off Senegal’s coast

About 20 migrants die in shipwreck off Senegal’s coast

NEWS
 ABOUT 20 migrants died this week when their boat capsized off the coast of northern Senegal, Prime Minister Amadou Ba said. The migrant support service Alarm Phone said on X that the boat had been carrying around 300 people before it capsized on Wednesday near the city of Saint-Louis and that some made it to shore while others were still missing. Thousands of people leave the coast of West Africa every year on a perilous journey to try to reach Europe, and the full number of deaths at sea is unknown. Senegal mourned several deadly incidents last year, including one…
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Dec
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya – IOM

Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya – IOM

NEWS
SIXTY-ONE migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said. IOM, in a post on social media platform X, quoted survivors as saying the boat, carrying around 86 people, departed the Libyan city of Zwara, about 110 km (68 miles) from the capital, Tripoli. "The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world's most dangerous migration routes," IOM said. Deadly incidents this year included one in June, when a fishing boat packed with hundreds of migrants sank off Greece after departing from Tobruk, Libya. The voyage, which was supposed to…
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Jun
17
2023
By LEFTERIS PAPADIMAS and KAROLINA TAGARIS
Greece boat disaster: Emotional reunion for brothers as hopes of finding more survivors fade

Greece boat disaster: Emotional reunion for brothers as hopes of finding more survivors fade

WORLD
A Syrian teenager who survived a shipwreck that killed at least 78 people off Greece was emotionally reunited with his elder brother but there was no news for other relatives searching for loved ones. Witness accounts suggested between 400 and 750 people had packed the 20- to 30 metre-long (65- to 100-foot) fishing boat that capsized and sank early on Wednesday morning about 50 miles (80 km) from the southern coastal town of Pylos. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, 104 survivors and 78 people who drowned were brought to shore by Greek authorities, but nothing has been found…
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Feb
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Italy shipwreck death toll at 62, including children

Italy shipwreck death toll at 62, including children

WORLD
REMO CASILLI and ANGELO AMANTE RESCUERS recovered three more bodies, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 62, including at least 14 children. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to have been among the vessel's passengers. Rescuers said many Afghanis and some Iranians had also been aboard the boat. "We met a survivor who fled Afghanistan with his sister to escape the Taliban. She did not survive," said Sergio Di Dato, a project coordinator with the charity Doctors…
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Feb
16
2023
By The African Mirror
73 presumed dead after shipwreck off Libyan coast

73 presumed dead after shipwreck off Libyan coast

NEWS
AT least 73 migrants were reported missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, the official Twitter account of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said. Seven survivors made it to shore from the boat, which was carrying around 80 people, who had reportedly departed from Qasr Alkayar, east of Tripoli, to head to Europe, the IOM added. So far, 11 bodies have been retrieved by the Libyan Red Crescent and the local police, while the seven survivors are in hospital, the IOM said. Libya has become a major launching point for migrants…
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Mar
02
2022
By The African Mirror
At least nine migrants drown off Tunisia in shipwreck

At least nine migrants drown off Tunisia in shipwreck

NEWS
AT least nine African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, while another nine were rescued by the navy, the defence ministry said. In recent months, several people have drowned off the Tunisian coast, with an increase in the frequency of attempted crossings to Europe from Tunisia and Libya towards Italy. "Navy units backed by the Coast Guard recovered the bodies of nine migrants from different African countries and rescued nine other migrants, after their boat sank 18 km ... off Chebba, Mahdia governorate," the ministry said. It added that the…
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Jul
28
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast

At least 57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast

NEWS
AT least 57 people have drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Khums, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where more than 1,100 have perished this year, the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Bodies have not been recovered from the shipwreck, but survivors included migrants from Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia, IOM spokeswoman Safa Msehli told Reuters. "According to survivors brought to shore by fishermen and the coast guard, at least 20 women and two children were among those who drowned," she said earlier by tweet. The migrants, the majority from West Africa, departed from Khums,…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 57 Africans drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

At least 57 Africans drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

NEWS
AT least 57 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy and 33 were rescued, humanitarian organisation Tunisian Red Crescent said yesterday. In recent weeks, drowning incidents have occurred off the Tunisian coast, with an increase in the frequency of trips to Europe from Tunisia and Libya towards Italy as the weather has improved. "Thirty-three Bengalis were rescued (and) 57 others drowned in a boat carrying about 90 migrants that set off from Libya towards Europe," Red Crescent official Mongi Slim told Reuters. A security source confirmed that 57 migrants…
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May
14
2021
By The African Mirror
17 migrants drown in shipwreck

17 migrants drown in shipwreck

NEWS
AT least 17 African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Thursday. The Tunisian coastguard had rescued two Nigerian women in waters off the southern town of Zarzis, Red Crescent official Mongi Slim also told Reuters. The ship started on Sunday from Zawyia in Libya with 19 migrants on board. Last month, at least 40 migrants drowned off Tunisia's port of Sfax south of Tunis. The United Nations said at least 300 people have perished in the central Mediterranean crossing this year while…
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