53 migrants die in latest shipwreck tragedy off Libya coast Migrants are rescued in the Mediterranean after drifting in an overcrowded wooden boat. (file) © SOS Méditerranée/Flavio Gasperini More than 1,300 people were reported dead or missing after embarking on the Central Mediterranean sea route to Europe last year, according to UN migration agency (IOM) data. The photo shows migrants and refugees being rescued in the Mediterranean after drifting in an overcrowded wooden boat (file).