A boat capsizes, 45 migrants at sea rescued by Geo Barents. In another operation, Life Support saved another 71 people in the Maltese area of responsibility.
After a few months of tranquility, transfers have resumed from the Lampedusa hotspot. Libya remains the main port of departure (4,860 of the 6,560 total arrivals in 2024). A channel, the Libyan one, which is proving to be more difficult to control, despite the Tripoli coast guard being very active in rejections.