00:01The incident occurred about 45 nautical miles southeast of Malta, the Italian Coast Guard said in a note to the
00:09press.
00:10Italy's Coast Guard said one of their search and rescue vessels was sent in the afternoon Sunday to assist in
00:17the oppressions after being asked by the Maltese authorities.
00:20The boat that capsized was carrying about 60 passengers and it departed from Libyan shores.
00:26A fishing vessel in the area recovered 48 people.
00:31A plane belonging to an NGO operating search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean Sea also said the migrants had
00:39departed from Libya
00:40and confirmed the same number of migrants without providing the source for their information.
00:46Sea-Watch said there were 11 migrants missing.
00:49Italy's Coast Guard on Sunday night said they had recovered 10 bodies and that search efforts were still on.
00:56Anyway, dear.
00:57The more
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