GENEVA, April 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Over 180 people are feared dead or missing in Mediterranean shipwrecks over the past 10 days, the United Nations said Tuesday, with nearly 1,000 deaths since the start of 2026.

"Across the Mediterranean as a whole, at least 990 deaths have been recorded in 2026," the UN's International Organization for Migration said, adding that it was "one of the deadliest starts to a year since 2014", when it began collecting this data.