Fifty Migrants Dead as Boat Capsizes in Mediterranean
Malta's armed forces disclosed to the newspaper that a single male survivor was pulled from the sea by a passing cargo vessel near Tunisian waters on Friday. Medical personnel subsequently transported him to Malta for urgent care.
Alarm Phone, an independent organization providing assistance to migrants attempting European Union crossings via Mediterranean routes, corroborated the tragic toll on X, the social media platform owned by the US company. "Authorities confirm that one survivor was rescued to Malta. According to him, 50 people did not survive. The people started from Tunisia and spent 24 hours in the water," the group stated.
The survivor's harrowing account reveals the victims endured a full day struggling in open waters after their vessel departed from Tunisia.
Last week, Alarm Phone documented that roughly 150 individuals vanished in the central Mediterranean across at least three separate boat departures from Tunisia. Officials have not yet determined whether the sunken vessel referenced in the latest survivor account was connected to those previously reported missing craft.
The tragedy underscores the deadly risks migrants continue facing on Mediterranean crossing routes toward Europe.
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