At least 11 migrants dead off Libya coast

At least eleven migrants died at sea and another 263 were rescued today in two separate operations off the coast of Libya, the country's navy said.

In the first operation, Navy spokesman General Ayoub Kacem said that a coastguard patrol was able to rescue 83 illegal



migrants and recovered 11 bodies in a rubber boat. 

The second rescue operation took place off the coast of Zliten in the country's east, where 180 migrants were rescued from two boats, according to General Kacem.