A boat carrying over 200 migrants capsized off the Yemen coast, leaving at least 39 dead and several missing, a UN agency said on Tuesday (June 11). "Tragic incident off #Yemen coast: Boat with 260 migrants sank yesterday.

39 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Yemen coast

Over 60 migrants are feared to have died, while search is on to trace others after a boat carrying them capsized off Cape Verde. The boat left Senegal in July "with 101 passengers on board", the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement released on Tuesday (Aug 16).

At least 60 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Cape Verde

At least five people have been killed and seven others are missing after their Europe-bound migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast, reported state news agency (TAP), on Monday (August 14).

At least five killed, seven missing after migrant boat capsizes off Tunisian coast

At least 16 migrants have lost their lives in shipwrecks off the coasts of Tunisia and Western Sahara, said the officials, on Monday (August 7). This comes amid a spike in the number of Europe-bound central Mediterranean migrant crossings from North Africa which is said to be the world’s deadliest, according to the United Nations.

At least 16 dead, dozens missing after migrant shipwrecks off Tunisia and Western Sahara

According to an NGO, bodies of migrant children were left abandoned for three days on a beach in Zuwara in Libya. NGO Open Arms founder Oscar Camps in a tweet said: "They are still in shock at the horror of the situation, small children and women who only had dreams and life ambitions.

'Nobody cares about them': Children’s bodies found on Libyan beach after migrant boat sinks

Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an aid worker said on Saturday, after a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized on Thursday.

Rescuers retrieve 55 migrant bodies from capsized boat off Libyan coast

Libya's Red Crescent said Friday its rescue workers had recovered the bodies of 62 migrants a day after one of the deadliest shipwrecks this year in the Mediterranean.

Rescuers retrieve 62 migrant bodies from capsized boat off Libya

Four suspected traffickers were also arrested on trafficking charges

Death toll goes up to 51 in Egypt boat capsize