Around 30 migrants are missing and presumed drowned after a boat carrying them capsized: Italian coastguard
In a statement, Italy's coastguard said Alarm Phone had notified Rome's rescue coordination centre, as well as Maltese and Libyan authorities about the boat.
"During the rescue operations... the boat capsized during the transfer of the migrants: 17 people were rescued and recovered by the vessel while approximately 30 migrants were missing," said the coastguard. The boat was also spotted by a surveillance plane of German NGO SeaWatch, which reported it was "dangerously overcrowded and in frightening waves."
Authorities in Libya –– which the coastguard said was responsible for search and rescue efforts in that zone –– reported "a lack of availability of naval assets" and requested the support of Rome, which dispatched three additional nearby merchant ships to the area, according to the statement. Merchant ships were still in the area searching for the missing, along with two Frontex planes, it said.
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