Video from the Italian Navy shows a large ship capsizing off Libya's coast on May 25 with more than 500 migrants aboard. — Associated PressIn this photo taken in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, rescuers help migrants to board the Italian Navy ship Vega, after the boat they were aboard sunk. Authorities say many migrant boats in the past few years apparently have sunk without a trace in the Mediterranean, with the dead never found. (Italian Navy)According to survivors, two smugglers’ fishing boats and a dinghy set sail Wednesday night from Libya’s coast. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)Italian coast guard and navy ships, aided by Irish and German vessels as well as humanitarian organizations, saved 668 migrants from smugglers’ boats in distress in the Mediterranean off Libya on Saturday, Italian and Irish officials said — bringing the week’s total of migrants plucked from the sea to 13,000 people.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2016 20:17 UTC