Crossing to Europe offers hope but exposes refugees to peril, as militia abuse persists in unsafe Libya. Migrants onboard a rubber boat wave and gesture as they wait to be rescued by crew members of the Ocean Viking rescue ship in the search-and-rescue zone in the Mediterranean Sea near the Libyan coast, on January 16, 2026 [AFP] The new year is less than two months in, but already more than 560 people have gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, making it on...