“Hundreds of people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian coastguard says.
A major rescue operation is under way after the vessel carrying ‘between 500 and 700 migrants’ capsized at midnight local time, in Libyan waters south of the Italian island of Lampedusa.”
Source: Mediterranean migrants: Hundreds feared dead after boat capsizes – BBC News