At least 10 die as boat with 200 migrants sinks off Libya: coast guard
A file picture shows migrants being rescued by the Libyan coastguard after their inflatable boat started to sink off the coastal town of Guarabouli on November 20, 2014. By Mahmud Turkia (AFP/File)
Tripoli (AFP) - At least 10 people died Thursday when a boat carrying around 200 migrants bound for Europe sank off the coast of Libya, the country's coast guard said.
Only between 20 and 30 of the migrants had been rescued so far from the vessel,which went down in the Mediterranean off the western port of Zuwara, a coast guard official told AFP.