2023 Libya migrant boat disasters

On 25 April 2023, two migrant boats bound for Europe capsized off the coast of western Libya, claiming at least 57 lives. Until the 2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster in June, it represented the deadliest migrant sea crossing in the last six years.

2023 Libya migrant boats sinking
View at Sabratha towards Mediterranean Sea
Date25 April & 16 December 2023
LocationOff the coast of western Libya
Casualties
57 dead (April)
61 dead (December)

On 16 December 2023, 61 migrants drowned when a boat carrying 86 capsized.

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