7 Rescued, 21 Missing After Migrant Shipwreck Off Italy’s Lampedusa

Coast guard members rescue the seven survivors of a boat that had set off from Libya a few days ago, with 28 people on board and shipwrecked near the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, on Sept. 4, 2024, in this screenshot from video. Guardia Costiera/Handout via Reuters

ROME—Seven people were rescued and 21 people were missing at sea after a migrant shipwreck off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard said on Wednesday.

The survivors, all male Syrian nationals, were picked up from a semi-sunken boat about 10 nautical miles southwest of Lampedusa, a statement said.