Some 6,000 migrants fleeing to Europe have been rescued in the last 48 hours.
However the Libyan coastguard has told AFP that while it rescued 170 people yesterday – it failed to reach others due to a lack of means.
The UN Migration Agency says just over 44,000 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea so far this year.
The organisation says a confirmed death toll for the first part of 2017 of 1,096 should be considered a low estimate as it’s working to verify reports of more fatalities on the Mediterranean.
