ROME (Reuters) - Forty migrants were missing after the raft that carried them sank around 30 miles (48.28 kilometres)from eastern Libya, an Italian coast guard official said on Sunday.
Italian authorities sent boats to the scene and 55 people have been rescued, but survivors said there were around 95 people in total on the raft, the official said.
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