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It is feared up to 200 migrants may have drowned after an overcrowded boat they were on capsized in the Mediterranean.

ROME (AP) – Survivors of a migrant boat that capsized off Libya as rescuers approached told investigators that smugglers armed with knives forced people to stay in the trawler’s hold, increasing fears that more than 200 had been trapped inside and drowned, officials...

This comes at a time when many European countries are struggling to decide what to do about increases in migrants seeking asylum from risky, unstable conditions in places like Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. The risks are heightened by the tactics of the smugglers, who charge...

The truly horrific details of some the migrants emerged today as many told police and the life-saving crews of the LE Niamh that they were stabbed and attacked during the perilous journey.

Survivors from a boat that capsized off the coast of Libya, in which some 200 migrants were feared drowned, were being brought to Sicily on Thursday, as tales emerged of the “horrific” moment the boat overturned.

A boat packed with up to 700 African migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya on Wednesday (Thursday NZ Time) and many are feared dead, officials and aid agencies said.

A capsized boat killed at least 25 migrants Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea.