More than 200 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean

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More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says.

Proactiva Open Arms said it had recovered five bodies floating near two capsized boats, which can each hold more than 100 people.

The group's Laura Lanuza said the five they pulled from the Mediterranean were young men who appeared to have drowned.

A spokesman for Italy's coast guard, which co-ordinates rescues, confirmed the five deaths, Reuters reports.

Ms Lanuza said Proactiva feared at least 240 migrants could have died as the boats were often overloaded by smugglers.