The U.N. refugee agency says that around 50 migrants might have gone missing in the sea off Libya's coast after a smugglers' flimsy dinghy foundered off Libya's coast. A spokesman in Rome for the UNHCR, Federico Fossi, said that 78 migrants were rescued from the rubber dinghy on Saturday by a European patrol boat. But since migrant smugglers usually cram about 130 migrants aboard, there are fears up to 52 people might be missing. This weekend, Fossi said, the Italian coast guard coordinated the rescue of more than 2,500 migrants in the Mediterranean. Hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees have attempted the dangerous crossing to Europe in recent years, with thousands perishing in the attempt.

Source: Fox News June 11, 2017 16:41 UTC