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4 hours ago

Olivia Ireland

The Italian coast guard has confirmed that a minimum of ten people lost their lives when a boat suspected of carrying migrants overturned close to Malta.

Officials state the craft, which departed from the Libyan shoreline, held approximately sixty individuals when the incident occurred.

Malta asked for support during the search and rescue mission after the vessel overturned, leaving migrants and others in the water, according to the coast guard announcement.

Ten bodies were retrieved by an Italian patrol boat, with the search in the region continuing through Sunday afternoon.

A fishing boat nearby managed to save around forty-eight survivors, the statement noted.

The UN International Organisation for Migration reports that at least 827 individuals have died this year during attempts to cross the dangerous Central Mediterranean route.

This path runs from North Africa to Italy and Malta, with more than 1,330 deaths recorded on it last year according to the IOM.