Migrant Crisis: 100 Missing After Libya Boat Sinks
At least 97 African migrants, including women and children, are missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast, a coastguard spokesman has said.
A total of 23 male survivors were rescued while clinging to a floating device, Ayoub Kassem added.
Rescue operations are continuing, but the chances of finding more survivors are slim, reports say.
Libya is a major transit point for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
At least 590 of them have died or have gone missing along the Libyan coast so far this year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).