Three people were missing on Monday
after an oil tanker rescued a group of 139 migrants and refugees
in distress in international waters on Sunday might.
The three men from Syria, Ethiopia and Bangladesh reportedly
fell into the water while being transferred from their 12-metre
boat to the Vault.
The group had reportedly departed from Sabratha in Libya.
On Sunday a 15-year-old boy from Guinea travelling in a group of
around 50 people was reported missing after the boat they were
travelling on capsized in waters off the Italian island of
Lampedusa as an Italian coast guard patrol boat approached to
rescue them.
A 15-month-old girl from Cameroon was reported missing at sea on
Saturday after the boat she was aboard capsized in similar
circumstances.
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