240 migrants drowned off Libya: UN

UN migration agency, UNHCR has said, at least 240 migrants have drowned off the coast of Libya. UNHCR spokeswoman,Carlotta Sami, said in Italy that the survivors of two shipwrecks who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa reported that the rubber dinghies they were traveling in had capsized on Wednesday shortly after leaving



Libya. 

International Organization for Migration's (IOM) chief spokesman, Leonard Doyle has said, five rescue ships, coordinated by the Italian coastguard, were within sight of the migrants but, despite attempts to rescue them, most died. He said more than 4,200 migrants have died making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea this year.