A rubber boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving 53 people dead or missing, the United Nations migration agency reported on Monday. Details of the Tragedy and Survivor AccountsThe ill-fated vessel was carrying 55 migrants of various African nationalities, including two babies. A Lethal Trend on the Central Mediterranean RouteThis incident underscores the extreme dangers of the Central Mediterranean route, the world's deadliest migration path. In January 2025 alone, at least 375 migrants were reported dead or missing due to multiple "invisible shipwrecks," with many more fatalities believed to go unrecorded. Broader Context and Unabated CrisisThe IOM's Missing Migrants Project reports that more than 1,300 migrants have vanished in the Central Mediterranean since the start of 2025.
