Ten migrants die while fleeing Libya, as AFM, Italy rescue 48 adrift off Lampedusa

News of the latest tragedy involving migrants at sea was made known by 48 migrants who were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard to the South of Lampedusa early this morning.

The rescue operation was coordinated by the Armed Forces Rescue Coordination Centre at Luqa.

According to the migrants, ten of them had died of thirst and hunger, after their boat was adrift for days.

The Somali and Eritrean migrants, which included three pregnant women have been taken aboard the Italian navy ship 'Orione' and are reportedly heading to Sicily for processing.