Seven migrants dead, 50 rescued off Libya: charity

An Italian rescue charity said on Monday it pulled 50 people to safety from a double-deck wooden boat in international waters off Libya, and recovered seven bodies.Emergency said it spotted the "overcrowded wooden boat" in the early hours and began the rescue operation."Halfway through the rescue, our team noticed nine

TUNIS, Aug 17 - The charity rescue ship, EMERGENCY, rescued 50 migrants from an wooden boat in international waters off Libya on Monday, while seven others were found dead, the charity said.

'They departed from Libya on August 16, originally from Somalia and Egypt'

The EU border agency Frontex said the total number of irregular border crossings into the European Union fell by 26% in 2025 from the previous year to almost 178,000.