Migrants vanish at sea as silence deepens in the Mediterranean

Bodies washing ashore, unanswered phone calls and abandoned camps — a growing number of migrants attempting the dangerous Mediterranean crossing are disappearing without a trace, in what experts describe as “invisible shipwrecks.”

According to the International Organization for Migration, the first weeks of 2026 have been the deadliest on record, with hundreds confirmed missing — and many more feared lost. But the true scale of…