New tragedy of immigration in the Mediterranean. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a rubber boat carrying dozens of migrants bound for Europe sank off Libya and at least 55 people drowned, including women and children.

Five survivors were rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard, the UN migration agency said in a tweet. The boat, which capsized, was carrying at least 60 migrants and had departed from the coastal town of Garabouli, east of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

The agency said the five migrants who survived the shipwreck and were brought back to shore by the coast guard were three Pakistanis, an Egyptian and a Syrian child.