35 migrants missing off Libya after boat sinks
Migrants on a dinghy are rescued in the Mediterranean sea off Libya coast, June 15, 2017.
:: Thirty-five migrants, including seven children, were feared drowned after their inflatable craft sank on Saturday off the Libyan coast, the coastguard said.
Eighty-five migrants, including 18 women, were rescued with the help of fishermen who alerted the coastguard, said Issa al-Zarrouk, a coastguard official in Garabulli, 60 kilometers (40 miles) east of Tripoli.
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