At least a hundred people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after a sailboat capsized off Libya, estimate rescue teams looking for survivors in the rough seas. Twenty three survivors were rescued by an oil tanker, which was the first to reach the stricken dinghy, according to German NGO Jugend Rettet. The survivors were transferred to the Aquarius, a boat operated by another charity group, SOS Mediterranean. The situation in war-torn Libya and other conflict-ridden African countries has led to a higher number of people seeking refuge. Though the numbers migrating from Turkey to Greece have dropped drastically since March after an agreement between the European Union and Turkey, crossings between Libya and Italy are still at near-record levels.

Source: Libya Today November 17, 2016 10:17 UTC