Up to 245 migrants missing after two Mediterranean shipwrecksDARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI Migrants are brought to the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship Phoenix during a rescue operation north off the Libyan coastal town of Sabratha. READ MORE: Hundreds of migrants feared dead in MediterraneanThe dinghy wasn't equipped with any distress signaling equipment. "They are completely adrift" and at the mercy of sea, Sami said. The IOM said 41,196 migrants have arrived in Italy this year, up from around 31,000 in the same period last year. The figure for the Mediterranean as a whole, including Greece, Cyprus and Spain, was 49,310 as of Sunday (Monday NZT).

Source: Stuff May 09, 2017 09:46 UTC