A ship carrying migrants has capsized within the Mediterranean with an emergency rescue underway off the coast of Libya.
Preliminary blame for the incident has fallen on the Libyan coastguard amid stories the boat carrying the migrants was rammed.
Footage of the incident exhibits the aftermath of the obvious collision with individuals within the water because the inflatable dingy they had been on begins to sink.
Libya has been on the forefront of the Mediterranean migrant disaster with many boats residing from the shore of the North African nation.
The variety of individuals on the boat which capsized shouldn’t be but clear although it’s understood a variety of individuals stay lacking.
The incident was reportedly filmed by an NGO helicopter overhead which captured a Libyan Coastguard vessel subsequent to the overturned migrant boat.
Folks will be seen desperately clinging to the stays of the boat whereas others seem to make use of the inside tube of automobile tires as makeshift life jackets.
The NGO which filmed the incident launched a press release condemning the Libyan coastguard and accusing them of ramming the migrant vessel.
A Sea-Watch spokesperson mentioned: “The unit of the so-called Libyan Coast Guard rammed and induced the sinking of a dinghy overloaded with not less than 50 individuals.
“A few of them had been actually captured and deported to Libya. The survivors can’t be discovered.”