Five people remained missing on Sunday after 122 migrants in an inflatable boat were rescued in turbulent waters off the coast of Libya overnight by a Spanish NGO vessel. The migrants were taken to the Italian island of Lampedusa. They are the latest in a wave of some 1,200 migrants who have been rescued in the Mediterranean and brought to Italy in recent days.
The United Nations refugee agency estimates that 440 people have lost their lives trying to make the crossing from Libya to Italy since the start of 2017.