Another Boat Sinks in Mediterranean Sea, 20 feared dead

At least 20 migrants are feared dead after another incident involving migrant boats off the Libyan coast, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) said after receiving a distress call.

The IOM said a person on board one of three boats carrying hundreds of migrants made the call on Monday, a day after another boat sank in the same area.

The Switzerland-based organisation reported that the caller said a ship was sinking with 300 people on board.

Coastguards were trying to verify the call and location of the boat.

Earlier in the day, 83 people were rescued after a boat carrying migrants ran aground off the Greek island of Rhodes, police said.

Three deaths were confirmed by the Greek coastguards in that shipwreck.

The latest incident comes as EU foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to discuss their response to the migrant emergency in the Mediterranean.

Hundreds of migrants were thought to have drowned when their boat overturned on Sunday, off the coast of Libya.

Up to 1,500 migrants are now feared to have drowned this year alone.