Overview
- Rescue groups said over the Easter weekend at least two people died, 32 survived, and about 71 remain missing after the boat flipped in the central Mediterranean.
- Survivors reported the vessel left Libya and capsized in a zone where Libyan authorities are meant to coordinate rescues.
- Two merchant ships hauled people aboard and later brought the survivors to the Italian island of Lampedusa.
- Sea-Watch said its plane guided coordination from the air and released video of people clinging to the overturned hull.
- The UN migration agency counts at least 683 dead or missing this year on this route, showing the heavy toll as formal rescue cover remains thin.