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| Hundreds missing as migrant boat capsizes off Libya coast | Hundreds missing as migrant boat capsizes off Libya coast |
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| Rescuers are searching for hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean after the boat they were on capsized off Libya. | Rescuers are searching for hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean after the boat they were on capsized off Libya. |
| Some reports suggest as many as 700 people were on board the overcrowded vessel when it came into difficulty. | Some reports suggest as many as 700 people were on board the overcrowded vessel when it came into difficulty. |
| The Irish navy said it feared "a significant loss of life" and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) confirmed several deaths but gave no more details. | |
| More than 2,000 migrants are said to have died in 2015 trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. | More than 2,000 migrants are said to have died in 2015 trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. |
| Wednesday's incident occurred when the packed fishing boat ran into rough weather around 15 miles (25km) from the Libya's coast. | |
| Four boats and three helicopters were dispatched to help with the rescue after a distress call was picked up in Sicily. | |
| A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said about 100 migrants had been pulled from the water. | A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said about 100 migrants had been pulled from the water. |
| MSF said its Dignity I vessel was at the scene and two more of its boats were on their way to the area. | |
| "The team on the #Dignity1 can confirm that there have tragically been many deaths but does not have figures at this stage," MSF said in a tweet. | |
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