Italy Says Six Dead, 40 Missing After Migrant Shipwreck

The IOM says 140 people have died or gone missing attempting the central Mediterranean crossing so far this year (Credit: AFP)

Six people died and 40 are missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the United Nations said Wednesday, as Italian authorities searched for survivors off the island of Lampedusa.

"Still too many dead in a new shipwreck in the Mediterranean," Chiara Cardoletti, the Italy representative of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, said on X.