More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a boat wreck off Libya, independent rescue groups the UN migration agency said, as attempts to cross the Mediterranean increase during the warmer months. Flavio Gasperini/AP Debris from a dinghy which was supposedly carrying over 100 migrants are seen floating in the Mediterranean Sea northeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Humanitarian organisations have accused the Libyan coast guard and European authorities of failing to meet their responsibilities to save lives. A Libyan coast guard official told The Associated Press that they searched for the boat but could not find it with their limited resources. READ MORE:* Scores of migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya* 82 migrants missing at sea in shipwreck near Tunisia* Forty killed after airstrike hit migrant detention centre in LibyaFlavio Gasperini/AP The rubber boat was initially carrying around 130 people.

Source: Stuff April 23, 2021 20:43 UTC