Over 600 migrants die trying to cross Mediterranean so far in 2026, UN says

Deadliest start to a year in more than a decade, according to the International Organization for Migration A least 606 people trying to reach Europe in search of refugee have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean since the beginning of 2026, marking the “deadliest start to a year” in more than a decade, the UN’s migration agency said on Monday. The figure includes at least 30 people who are feared dead or missing after their boat capsized in severe weather off the coast of Greec...

By Angela Giuffrida in Rome