Italian Coast Guard Rescues Migrants from Drowning
The Italian Coast Guard has rescued nearly 200 migrants who were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea on a fishing boat since Saturday, following a journey that began from the shores of Libya.
The “Alarm Phone” platform, operated by the NGO “Watch the Med,” reported on Sunday that the Coast Guard transported the migrants to Sicily.
In the last 24 hours, the platform specializing in tracking lost migrants at sea called for help for 379 people stranded in the Mediterranean.
The surge in migrant crossings coincides with the Eid al-Adha holidays in southern Mediterranean countries, along with settled weather conditions and calm seas.
The platform announced today that 40 individuals were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard after departing from the Libyan shores, sending distress calls since yesterday due to running out of fuel for their boat’s engine.
Additionally, the Greek Coast Guard today escorted a boat carrying 64 individuals that had been adrift for two days at sea to the island of Gavdos, south of Crete.
The “Alarm Phone” platform stated today that 50 migrants left the shores of Libya two days ago and reported being trapped on an oil platform in the Mediterranean, the location of which has yet to be determined.
The platform reported: “Rome is not providing information, and we have been unable to contact the Libyan Coast Guard,” expressing concerns about a potential tragedy involving 25 migrants who were on their way from the Algerian coast of Boumerdès to Spain and have been reported missing.
The same entity added: “We have no information about them to this day and fear a new tragedy going unnoticed; we express our full solidarity with their relatives.”
The Mediterranean Sea remains one of the deadliest maritime routes for migrants in the world.
According to data from the International Organization for Migration, 2,573 migrants died or went missing in this area in 2024 compared to 652 individuals so far in 2025.
