The boat carrying 104 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, just off Libya's coastline. According to the Libyan navy, at least 63 people are now listed as missing.
The Libyan coast guard rescued 276 individuals from three migrant vessels detected near the country's coast, including 41 migrants from the sunken boat. Those rescued were mainly from three countries.
The European Union has been experiencing a large-scale migration crisis since 2015 due to the influx of thousands of migrants and refugees fleeing crises in their home countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
According to the information provided by the International Migration Organization (IOM), nearly 41,000 migrant sea arrivals have been detected in Europe in the period from January 1 to June 20, with at least 960 attempts to reach the European continent by sea resulting in deaths.
